Section : Reports concerning eight rak’at. Umm Habibah reports that the Prophet said: “Whoever prays four rak’at before zuhr and four after it, Allah will forbid that his flesh be in the fire.” This is related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud,…
Section : The merits of four rak’at before zuhr. ‘Aishah said: “The Prophet never left praying four rak’at before zuhr and two rak’at before fajr under any circumstances.” This is related by Ahmad and al-Bukhari. It is also related from…
Section : Making up the missed sunnah of zuhr. ‘Aishah reports that if the Prophet missed the four rak’at before zuhr, he would pray them afterward. This is related by at-Tirmizhi who calls it hasan ghareeb. Ibn Majah records that…
Section : The sunnah of maghrib. It is sunnah to pray two rak’at after maghrib. Earlier we mentioned that Ibn ‘Umar narrated that the Prophet would not miss them. As to their content, it is preferred to recite, after al-Fatihah:…
Section : The sunnah of ‘Isha. We have already mentioned the hadith which record that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam prayed two rak’at after ‘isha.