I’m really confused, some people say for Qasr prayer you read 2 rakats for all prayer, some say you read 2 only for dhuhr, asr and you still have to pray 2 farz, 2 sunnah for fajr, 3 farz for maghreb and 2 farz and 3 witr for isha, and some say you can pray 2 fard for everything but maghreb.
Could someone please advise and provide some sources.
Thanks
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fajr = 2 sunna + 2 farz
zohr = 4 sunna + 2 farz + 2 sunna
Asr = 2 farz
MaGhrib = 3 farz + 2 sunna
'Ishaa~ = 2 farz + 2 sunna + 1,2 or 3 witr
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what is the difference between both?
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Not doing regular Sunnah prayers whilst travelling apart from the Sunnah of Fajr - islamqa.info
This link has a lot of references, and hadiths to support and show practice of Qasr salah. You are allowed to omit Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha sunnahs while traveling in performing Qasr. And 2 rakah fard are prayed because that’s what Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) prayed in Makkah. After migration to Madina, another 2 were added to the salah.
While traveling, Rasool Allah (s.a.w) would shorten the Fard to that of the period of Makkah. Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) never omitted Witr or Sunnah of Fajr, so those are exempt from Qasr, and must be prayed as regular. This is based on what I’ve read from the link above, and from other sources.
Allah knows best.
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^I never knew about sunnah of fajar, may Allah accept the prayers Ameen
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^I never knew about sunnah of fajar, may Allah accept the prayers Ameen
Ameen. Love your signature.
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I'm really confused, some people say for Qasr prayer you read 2 rakats for all prayer, some say you read 2 only for dhuhr, asr and you still have to pray 2 farz, 2 sunnah for fajr, 3 farz for maghreb and 2 farz and 3 witr for isha, and some say you can pray 2 fard for everything but maghreb.
Could someone please advise and provide some sources.
Thanks
What I follow for qasr is 2 rakah Farz for fajr, zuhr and asar.
3 rakah Farz for maghrib
2 rakah Farz plus 3 rakah witr for isha.
Thats wut being told by my elders so cant provide you a source for that
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1,2 witr pehli baar suna:confused:
92 km ka bhi bata dijiye
is ka bhi mughaalta hota hai logon ko
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yeah..thought witr was supposed to be even numbered…
as an aside though, in Shaf’ai maslak, witr is prayed 2+1, meaning there is a salam after 2 rakahs, then one rakat with qunoot
Also, a related topic is you can combine prayers, at least according to Imam Shafi… Zuhr+asr can be offered in and maghrib+isha can be offered together when you are traveling.
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Maybe I worded it incorrectly,
Option 1:
Fajr: 2 rakat
Dhuhr: 2 rakat
Asr: 2 rakat
Maghreb: 2 rakat
Isha: 2 rakat
Option 2:
Fajr: 2 rakat and 2 sunnah
Dhuhr: 2 rakat
Asr: 2 rakat
Maghreb: 3 rakat
Isha: 2 rakat and 1,3,5 witr
Option 3:
Fajr: 2 rakat
Dhuhr: 2 rakat
Asr: 2 rakat
Maghreb: 3 rakat
Isha: 2 rakat and 1,3,5 witr
I was taught by arabs so I typically don’t pray sunnah anyways except for the 2 sunnah for fajr, because what we were taught was that they were special. But for qasr I can’t for the life of me figure out which one of these I’m supposed to follow.
I follow option 2, but if you follow option 3 then it's ok too.
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what do you mean by 1, 3, 5 witr? 
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@TLK does that mean option 1 is not really an option, and why do you follow the option you do, because that's the way someone told you?
@madz, i mean 1,3 or 5 witr's depending on however many one prays, different people pray different number of witrs.
Witr is wajib, which means that if you miss it, then you have to perform Qaza. Which means that it should be part of Qasr too.
That is the Hanafi school of thought.
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This implies that safri namaz for maghrib is 2 farz, not 3. Right?
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Maghrib stays 3 as far as I know.
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Maghrib stays 3 as far as I know.
yes...maGhrib numbered namaaz stays the same ... only 4 rak'at farz namaaz get reduced to 2.
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what i can tell from this source is that you’re supposed to pray the sunnah of fajr and witr. But it doens’t say anything about keeping the maghreb rakat at 3?
It does. From the source that Teggy posted, this part clearly says that reduction of rakaats during travel is only applicable upon the prayers with four rakaats.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This demonstrates his understanding, may Allaah be pleased with him. For Allaah has reduced the four-rak’ah prayers for the traveller by half. If it were prescribed to pray the two rak’ahs (of Sunnah prayer) before and after, it would be more appropriate to pray the fard prayer in full.
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Fiqh is not my subject but here is what i think i have learnt (and it greatly contradicts what is being said here) regarding this topic:
There is no reduction in Sunnah Prayers
The fard prayers of 4 rakats have been reduced to 2
The words being avoided in this thread are Sunnah Muakkadah and Sunnah ghair Muakkadah
Sunnah Muakkadah can be missed on rare occasions
Making a Habit of missing Sunnah Muakkadah is sinful and may lead to punishment
Sunnah Ghair Muakkadah can be missed
The word Sunnah here is representative of the word Sunni, denoting its people Sunnis in the plural
Sunnah Ghair Muakkadah should be prayed (note to self)