Fatwa ID: 07386
Answered by: Mufti Syed Johir Miah
Question:
How many for Rakah is there for Ishraq?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Sayyiduna Anas Bin Malik ( رضى الله عنه ) narrated that the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
من صلى الْغَدَاةَ في جَمَاعَةٍ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ حتى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ صلى رَكْعَتَيْنِ كانت له كَأَجْرِ حَجَّةٍ وَعُمْرَةٍ، قال قال رسول اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وسلم) تَامَّةٍ تَامَّةٍ تَامَّةٍ
“Whoever prays Fajr in congregation, then sits remembering Allah until the sun has risen, then he prays two Rakah, then for him is the reward like that of a Hajj and Umrah.” He said: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Complete, complete, complete”.1
That is after the sun has risen as much as a spear, and this Salah is called Salatul Ishraq.2
This Salah is called the Salatul Ishraq (Sunrise Salah), and it is the first portion of Salatud Duha. 3
The minimum Rakah for Ishraq is two Rakahs and the maximum Rakahs for Ishraq is four Rakats.4
Hence, the Salah of Ishraq is two Rakah, and there is nothing wrong if one performs four Rakah.
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Mufti Syed Johir Miah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
1 Sunan Tirmizi, (Bashshar) Hadith 586, 727/1, Darul Gharbil Islami, Beirut, Lebanon, 1998.
«مَن صَلّى الغَداةَ فِي جَماعَةٍ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ حَتّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ قامَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ انْقَلَبَ بِأجْرِ حَجَّةٍ وعُمْرَةٍ»
Musnadus Shamiyyeen, Tabrani, Hadith 885, 42/2, Muassisatur Risalah, Beirut, Lebanon, 1405 H.
Mujam Kabir, Tabrani, Hadith 7741, 178/8, Maktabah Ibn Taimiyah, Cairo, Egypt.
2 أي: بعد أن تطلع الشَّمس قَدْرَ رُمْحٍ، وهذه الصَّلاة تسمى صلاة الإشراق.
Sharhul Masabih, Ibnul Malik, 51/2, Idaratuth Thiqafah, 1433 H.
3 وهذه الصلاة تسمى صلاة الإشراق، وهي أول صلاة الضحى.
Mirqatul Mafatih, Mulla Ali Qari, 770/2, Darul Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, 1422 H.
4 Ahsanul Fatawaa, Mufti Rashid Ahmad, Page 465/3, H M Saeed Company, Adab Manzil, Karachi, Pakistan.
