{"id":21835,"date":"2021-08-04T21:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=21835"},"modified":"2021-08-04T21:35:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:35:54","slug":"number-of-rakats-in-salah-duha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/number-of-rakats-in-salah-duha\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Rakats in Salah Duha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 05404<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Mufti Javed ibn Nazir Kachhalia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Hazrat, what is the maximum number of rakats, that can be performed for this salah, and the ideal time to read it for a maximum reward? If you can specify time instead of fiqh details i.e. how the sky must look etc &#8211; that will be better for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>In the name of Allah the most Beneficent, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The supererogatory morning prayer has many names. Among them:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Salat al-Duha <\/em>or\u00a0<em>Sibhat al-Duha, Sibha<\/em> meaning a supererogatory prayer in general, and\u00a0<em>Duha<\/em>\u00a0meaning morning, mid-morning, or late morning. This is the name that reoccurs the most in the narrations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Salat al-Ishraq <\/em>(&#8220;Sunrise Prayer&#8221;) i.e. very shortly after sunrise, and this is its Qur&#8217;anic name as per the narration of Ibn `Abbas in the\u00a0<em>Sunan<\/em> of Sa`id Ibn Mansur: &#8220;I searched for <em>Salat al-Duha<\/em>\u00a0in the Qur&#8217;an and found it in the verse:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Lo! We subdued the hills to hymn the praises (of their Lord) with him [Dawud] at nightfall and sunrise\u201d (38:18). <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In regards to its time, it\u2019s mentioned:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Al-Fiqh `ala al-Madhahib al-Arba`a: Kitab al-Salat: Salat al-Tatawwu`:<\/em>\u00a0<em>Salat al-Duha<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;<em>Salat al-Duha<\/em>\u00a0is a Sunna according to three of the Imams while the Malikis differed and said it is a stressed\u00a0<em>mandub<\/em>\u00a0prayer but not a Sunna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;Its time is from the rising of the sun about a spear-length from the horizon until it passes its zenith, but the preferred time is that one begins it after one-quarter of the day has passed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">It has been written on the footnotes of <em>Mishkaat-ul-Masaabeeh <\/em>(Page 116): \u201c The beginning time it\u2019s a little after sunrise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We also come to know that the time is, a little after sunrise from the Hadith:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Jubair narrated from Abu Ad-Darda, or Abu Dharr, that:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Allah&#8217;s Messenger narrated that Allah, Blessed and Most High said: &#8220;Son of Adam: Perform four Rak&#8217;ah for me in the beginning of the day it will suffice you for the latter part of it.&#8221; <strong>(<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Mishkaat Page 116)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Number of Rakaats<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The minimum is 2 rakaats. There is also narration that The Prophet \ufdfa performed 4, 8 and a maximum of 12. Below are all the Hadith with evidence of the number of Rakaats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Abu Dhar <\/em><em>(May Allah be pleased with him) said<\/em><em>: The Prophet <\/em><em>\ufdfa<\/em><em> said: &#8220;In the morning every single joint of yours must pay a sadaqah. Every tasbih is a sadaqah, every tahmid is a sadaqa, every tahlil is a sadaqa, every takbir is a sadaqah, every commanding good is a sadaqah, and every forbidding evil is a sadaqah, and all this is accomplished through two rakaats one can pray in Duha.&#8221;<\/em>(Muslim)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>&#8216;Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>The Messenger of Allah (<\/em><em>\ufdfa<\/em><em>) used to perform four Rakaat of Duha prayer (at the forenoon) and would add to them whatever Allah wished. <\/em>(Muslim).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>&#8216;Abdur Rahmaan bin Abi Layla RA. (a Taabi&#8217;ee) reports:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>&#8220;None had given me the news that they had observed The Prophet <\/em><em>\u00a0(<\/em><em>\ufdfa<\/em><em>) <\/em><em>perform the salaatut duhah besides Ummi Haani. She said: The Prophet <\/em><em>\u00a0(<\/em><em>\ufdfa<\/em><em>) <\/em><em>came to her house, the day Makkah was conquered. He performed ghusl (bath), and then performed eight rak&#8217;ahs. I did not observe The Prophet <\/em><em>\u00a0(<\/em><em>\ufdfa<\/em><em>) <\/em><em>perform any salaah shorter than these, despite him performing every ruku&#8217; and sajdah properly&#8221;&#8216;. (He did not perform the ruku&#8217; and sajdah haphazardly because the salaah was short). <strong>(Bukhari)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Anas bin Malik <\/em><em>(May Allah be pleased with him) <\/em><em>narrated that:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Allah&#8217;s Messenger<\/em><em> (<\/em><em>\ufdfa<\/em><em>) <\/em><em>said: &#8220;Whoever prays twelve Rakaat of Ad-Duha, Allah will build a castle made of gold for him in Paradise.&#8221;<strong>(Sunnan Tirmidhi)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Mufti Javed ibn Nazir Kachhalia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 05404 &nbsp; Answered by: Mufti Javed ibn Nazir Kachhalia &nbsp; Question &nbsp; Hazrat, what is the maximum number of rakats, that can be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22272,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21835\/revisions\/22272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}