Sunnah Prayer
Question:
Tell me the difference of praying sunnat (Moakada & Ghayri Moakada).
Whether it is necessary to read drood & dua after second rakat & third rakat start from thana or otherwise.
Answer:
The Prophet (pbuh) used to read non-obligatory prayers at certain times of the day and night. We know that he used to pray before Dhuhr and after it, (sometimes) before Asr, after Maghrib, (sometimes) before Isha and after Isha and before Subh. The reports do not suggest that the Prophet (pbuh) wanted to prescribe any specific number of non-obligatory prayers.
Terminologies like Nafl, Sunnah and Sunnah al-Mu’akkadah with regard to prayers never existed or introduced by the Prophet (pbuh). These were terminologies that jurists made to express their opinions about the recommended number of non-obligatory prayers before and after the daily prayers. Each school of thought has relied on certain Hadiths and a certain analysis of these Hadiths. Based on this the jurists have introduced some of the non-obligatory prayers as those that the prophet (pbuh) used to regularly read. These have been called Sunnah al-Mu’akkadah. To jurists, a Sunnah that is not Mu'akkadah (Ghayr Mu'akkadah) are those non-obligatory prayers that the Prophet (pbuh) would some times (not regularly) read before or after the obligatory prayers.
Since the Prophet (pbuh) did not put the non-obligatory prayers into different categories I think it is more suitable to understand and appreciate the core message here, that is, we are advised to read some non-obligatory prayers on a regular basis in accordance to our personal schedule and motivations. We read the prayers that we choose to read regularly at the times that the Prophet (pbuh) used to read them. We may offer more non-obligatory prayers than what we regularly do, whenever we have the time and are up for it.
As for your question about saying durood (greeting to the Prophet - pbuh) after the second Rak'ah (unit) of a three or four Rak'ah prayer and saying Thana (praising God) at the start of the third Rak'ah of the prayer, these are not necessary at the points you mentioned. However there is also nothing wrong with saying them. Any appropriate supplications may be read during any part of the prayer.
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August 2013
Tell me the difference of praying sunnat (Moakada & Ghayri Moakada).
Whether it is necessary to read drood & dua after second rakat & third rakat start from thana or otherwise.
Answer:
The Prophet (pbuh) used to read non-obligatory prayers at certain times of the day and night. We know that he used to pray before Dhuhr and after it, (sometimes) before Asr, after Maghrib, (sometimes) before Isha and after Isha and before Subh. The reports do not suggest that the Prophet (pbuh) wanted to prescribe any specific number of non-obligatory prayers.
Terminologies like Nafl, Sunnah and Sunnah al-Mu’akkadah with regard to prayers never existed or introduced by the Prophet (pbuh). These were terminologies that jurists made to express their opinions about the recommended number of non-obligatory prayers before and after the daily prayers. Each school of thought has relied on certain Hadiths and a certain analysis of these Hadiths. Based on this the jurists have introduced some of the non-obligatory prayers as those that the prophet (pbuh) used to regularly read. These have been called Sunnah al-Mu’akkadah. To jurists, a Sunnah that is not Mu'akkadah (Ghayr Mu'akkadah) are those non-obligatory prayers that the Prophet (pbuh) would some times (not regularly) read before or after the obligatory prayers.
Since the Prophet (pbuh) did not put the non-obligatory prayers into different categories I think it is more suitable to understand and appreciate the core message here, that is, we are advised to read some non-obligatory prayers on a regular basis in accordance to our personal schedule and motivations. We read the prayers that we choose to read regularly at the times that the Prophet (pbuh) used to read them. We may offer more non-obligatory prayers than what we regularly do, whenever we have the time and are up for it.
As for your question about saying durood (greeting to the Prophet - pbuh) after the second Rak'ah (unit) of a three or four Rak'ah prayer and saying Thana (praising God) at the start of the third Rak'ah of the prayer, these are not necessary at the points you mentioned. However there is also nothing wrong with saying them. Any appropriate supplications may be read during any part of the prayer.
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August 2013
