namaz help please-in detail?

[nadz123]

HOw many rakats in each namaz, and do you pay salam after each 2 rakat , or is it different in each namaz, im confused.

so rakat is each time you bow down and do sajda? IN FAJR its 2 and in mahgrib for eg is 4…/

WHATS witr and sunnat? just different names for rakats?

confused and im just beginning to get back into namaz, which ive compforgotten…

please help for each namaz in detail please. and in namaz for dummies typa language.

thanks

[Hadeel]

Re: namaz help please-in detail?

Okay in very plain terms:

Fajr: 2 rakats
Duhr: 4 rakats
Asr: 4 rakats
Maghrib: 3 rakats
Isha: 4 rakats + 3 rakats of the compulsory witr prayer.

You pay salam after you are done with all rakats of a prayer. Eg. Salam for fajr is after 2 rakats and salam for isha is twice. One after the 4 rakats and one after the 3 rakats of witr prayers.

Sunnah prayers are optional prayers and can be performed at any time of the day. Mostly people combine them with the compulsory prayers (the fard rakats).

Witr prayers on the other hand are almost like the fard prayers. Witr has an odd number of rakats prayed in it with the final rakat prayed separately. Eg. you can pray 1 rakat in witr to 11 rakats in witr.

I hope I covered all your questions.

[enoch]

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Salat

Here you go.

[Hmmna]

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Hadeel u for got abt the Sunnah muaqqadah

[psyah]

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Fajr: 2 Sunnat (Mu’akkadah), 2 Fard
Dhuhr: 4 Sunnat, 4 Fard, 2 Sunnat, 2 Nafil
Asr: 4 Sunnat (Ghair Mu’akkadah), 4 Fard
Maghrib: 3 Fard, 2 Sunnat (Mu’akkadah), 2 Nafil
'Isha: 4 Sunnat (Ghair Mu’akkadah), 4 Fard, 2 Sunnat, 2 Nafil, 3 Witr (Wajib), 2 Nafil

Levels of Importance:

Fard (Highest) (Sinful if missed, Must read all the time)
Wajib/Witr (Second importance) (Must read all the time, prayer incomplete without it)
Sunnat (Mu’akkadah) (Third importance) (Recommended to read all the time)
Sunnat (Fourth importance) (Can read all the time)
Sunnat (Ghair Mu’akkadah) and Nafil (Fifth importance) (Should not read all the time)

[KKF]

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witr can be don 2+1 according to some fiqh.

also, nawaafil and sunnat-e-Ghair mo’akkida [recommended salaat] are NOT required as the term suggests. it is customarily done by large number of Muslims…someone, who has just started to pray, will find it cumbersome so all the nawaafil can be deferred until the time he/she is ready to do extra namaaz.

[TLK]

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^ what I heard from scholars that one should never count nafls and even Sunnat Ghair Mu’akkadah as part of any Salat. I am not even sure where Nafls came from as part of 5 prayers, as Nafls are Nafls and you can do 0 or 100, but they are not part of Namaz. If they were done by prophet then they were sunnat, not nafl.

Not only that, Nafls add to the the total number of rakaats and make the prayers intimidating . Actual nubmer of rakaat in Isha are 9, but when you add nafl and ghair muakkadah, they become 17. Now ask a teenager to do 17 and he will probably skip. 9 is more encouraging number.

[KKF]

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@TLK

^ what I heard from scholars that one should never count nafls and even Sunnat Ghair Mu’akkadah as part of any Salat. I am not even sure where Nafls came from as part of 5 prayers, as Nafls are Nafls and you can do 0 or 100, but they are not part of Namaz. If they were done by prophet then they were sunnat, not nafl.

Not only that, Nafls add to the the total number of rakaats and make the prayers intimidating . Actual nubmer of rakaat in Isha are 9, but when you add nafl and ghair muakkadah, they become 17. Now ask a teenager to do 17 and he will probably skip. 9 is more encouraging number.

these numbers for nawaafil are only recommendations and guidelines…you do NOT have to…there is a consensus on those number though.

[Hadeel]

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Just to clarify myself I assumed that she’s asking about the fard prayers, that’s why I skipped the sunnats and nawafils from the rakat count.

[khattichic]

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Is tahajjud prayer offered before fajr adhan considered sunnat or nafil?

[psyah]

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@TLK

^ what I heard from scholars that one should never count nafls and even Sunnat Ghair Mu’akkadah as part of any Salat. I am not even sure where Nafls came from as part of 5 prayers, as Nafls are Nafls and you can do 0 or 100, but they are not part of Namaz. If they were done by prophet then they were sunnat, not nafl.

Not only that, Nafls add to the the total number of rakaats and make the prayers intimidating . Actual nubmer of rakaat in Isha are 9, but when you add nafl and ghair muakkadah, they become 17. Now ask a teenager to do 17 and he will probably skip. 9 is more encouraging number.

Peace TLK

You are probably right … but that post above is the way I was taught it … I think if you scrutinise the places where nafil are placed it shows that the following times are okay to offer nafil prayer …

For example after Fajr there is no nafil, but before dhuhr one can pray nafil (here called sunnah (ghair mu’akkadah) and like wise after dhuhr all the way to 'Asr there is no restriction … but after Asr there is no nafil because of the prohibition … also before maghrib there is no sunnah or nafil because of another prohibition and after maghrib one can pray x number of nafil until 'Isha and between 'isha to witr one can pray x number of nafil also - e.g. taraweeh … and so on … So I guess the nafils are there to show the permissibility for when extra rakats can be offered.

[psyah]

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@khattichic

Is tahajjud prayer offered before fajr adhan considered sunnat or nafil?

Tahajjud is a nafil prayer … it is sunnah in the restpect that Sayyiduna Muhammad (SAW) performed them, but for him (SAW) that prayer was fard, but for the followers the choice was there but we were prohibited from praying them as though they are mandatory.

There are two understandings for the term “Sunnah” - one is something that we were instructed to do but were not classed as mandatory merely recommended, and the other meaning is simply “something the prophet Muhammad (SAW) did” … in which case all nafils are also sunnah …

[TLK]

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@Khalil KhaaN FaaKhta

these numbers for nawaafil are only recommendations and guidelines…you do NOT have to…there is a consensus on those number though.

@psyah

. So I guess the nafils are there to show the permissibility for when extra rakats can be offered.

KKF, consensus by whom and through which logic? I think Psyah’s explanation makes more sense that nafls order is a placeholder just to show in which part of the day, extra rakats can be offered.

[Kinzz]

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Psyah bhai n tlk bhai, Nadz also wants to know Ahtiyat and Salam phairna and different between witr and other rakats I mean how to perform them.

[psyah]

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Rakat Algorithm …

**1) Rafayadain - lifting two hands
**Allahakbar (Saying Allahuakbar whenever you move position - except when moving up from ruku 5) Standing)

2) Qiyam - Standing position
Sana - Subhankallahumma … etc
Auzdubillah, basmillah
Fatihah

If praying Fard and on third or fourth rakat then Goto 4) Ruku
Else continue

Basmillah
Read any Surah from Qur’an

If praying witr and on third rakat then continue to 3) Recite Qunoot
Else Goto 4) Ruku

3) Recite Qunoot
Du’a Qunoot - Allahumma inna …etc

4) Ruku
Subhanrabbi -yal-azdeem

5) Standing
SamiAllah huliman … etc

6) Sujood
SubhanRabbi yal 'Ala … etc

sit up - pause

7) Sujood
SubhanRabbi yal 'Ala … etc

If on first or third rakat (and it is not last rakat) Goto 2) Qiyam
Else Continue

8) Tashhadd - sitting position with hands on thighs near knees, finger nails visible - i.e. don’t clasp knees
Attiyhatu lillahi … etc
AshaduAllah … (Finger point)

If on second rakat in set of 3 or 4 then Goto 2) Qiyam
If a mistake has been realised and this is last rakat then at this point do one salam to right and then goto 6) Sujood (sajdah sawu) and complete
If you are on last rakat (or/and any sajdah sawu was done) … then continue …

Durood Shareef
Rabbijalnimu’kimasalati … etc
Rabbana’atina … etc

9) Salams - look right and left saying salams

[NomiCA]

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My question is regarding
**from wht i heard. **"**Rafayadain "… ****and also the hands are held against chest by the other madhabs.… only hanafis don’t do it during the prayer…and they also hold hands against waist/navel…

why is hanafi method different from the other 3?? and i was told that hadith also supports the rafayadain and holding hands against chest..**

[diwana]

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@psyah

Fajr: 2 Sunnat (Mu’akkadah), 2 Fard
Dhuhr: 4 Sunnat, 4 Fard, 2 Sunnat, 2 Nafil
Asr: 4 Sunnat (Ghair Mu’akkadah), 4 Fard
Maghrib: 3 Fard, 2 Sunnat (Mu’akkadah), 2 Nafil
'Isha: 4 Sunnat (Ghair Mu’akkadah), 4 Fard, 2 Sunnat, 2 Nafil, 3 Witr (Wajib), 2 Nafil

Levels of Importance:

Fard (Highest) (Sinful if missed, Must read all the time)
Wajib/Witr (Second importance) (Must read all the time, prayer incomplete without it)
Sunnat (Mu’akkadah) (Third importance) (Recommended to read all the time)
Sunnat (Fourth importance) (Can read all the time)
Sunnat (Ghair Mu’akkadah) and Nafil (Fifth importance) (Should not read all the time)

Yes.

Needs very minor change here.

Instead of ‘should not’ it should say ‘may not read all the time’.

Also I am under the impression that 2 sunnat in Zuhar/Dhuhar and 2 Sunnat in Isha are Sunnat e Mu’akkada. Please correct me.

If I am correct, then simplified salat regimen would be:

Fajar: 2 Sunnat, 2 Fard = 4

Dhuhar: 4 Fard, 2 Sunnat = 6

As’r: 4 Fard = 4
**
Maghrib:** 3 Fard, 2 Sunnat = 5

Ish’a: 4 Fard, 2 Sunnat, 3 Wit’r = 9

[psyah]

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@diwana

Yes.

Needs very minor change here.

Instead of ‘should not’ it should say ‘may not read all the time’.

Also I am under the impression that 2 sunnat in Zuhar/Dhuhar and 2 Sunnat in Isha are Sunnat e Mu’akkada. Please correct me.

If I am correct, then simplified salat regimen would be:

Fajar: 2 Sunnat, 2 Fard = 4

Dhuhar: 4 Fard, 2 Sunnat = 6

As’r: 4 Fard = 4
**
Maghrib:** 3 Fard, 2 Sunnat = 5

Ish’a: 4 Fard, 2 Sunnat, 3 Wit’r = 9

Peace diwana

For Sunnat of Dzuhur yes they are mua’akkadah … but the reason why the nuwafil should not be read all the time like a normal sunnat is to distinguish them from the sunnat … I believe there are subtle differences within the sub-hanafis (Barelvis and Deobandis) regarding the nawafil.

[psyah]

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@NomiCA

My question is regarding
**from wht i heard. **"**Rafayadain "… ****and also the hands are held against chest by the other madhabs.… only hanafis don’t do it during the prayer…and they also hold hands against waist/navel…

why is hanafi method different from the other 3?? and i was told that hadith also supports the rafayadain and holding hands against chest..**

Peace NomiCA

They all have different ways to pray … Some do rafayadain and leave hands some do it and re-clasp the hands - the hanbalis place the hands the highest and some sub-hanafi groups place their hands below the navel, and some just above the navel … Some beat the devil finger many times - some do it once … That Malikis will not pray with hands clasped at all and always have their hands to the side.

[NomiCA]

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what do the hadith say ??