Voluntary Prayer - Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths

Voluntary Prayer

Virtue of Voluntary Prayer
Regular Sunnah (Recommended) Prayers
Voluntary Night Prayer (Qiyaam)
Prayer of the Two Eids
Forenoon Prayer
Guidance-Seeking Prayer

(Voluntary) prayer in both the day and night is performed two by two
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer thirteen Rak‘ah in the night prayer including Witr, plus two (voluntary) Rak‘ahs of the Fajr prayer
O people, pray at your homes, for a person’s best prayer is the one he performs at his home except the obligatory prayer
What an excellent man ‘Abdullāh is if only he observes the night prayer
- العربية
Whenever we stopped somewhere (during a journey) for rest, we would not offer (voluntary) prayer until we have unloaded the luggage from the mounts' backs
- العربية
Whenever we stopped at a place for rest, we would not offer any (voluntary) prayer until we unloaded the luggage from the riding animals
- العربية
Offer two Rak‘ahs before Maghrib
- العربية
There is a prayer between every two Adhāns; there is a prayer between every two Adhāns." The third time, he said: "for whoever wills
- العربية
Witr is not incumbent like the status of the obligatory prayers, but it is a Sunnah that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) started practicing
- العربية
May Allah have mercy on whoever offers four Rak‘ahs before the ‘Asr prayer
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two light Rak‘ahs after the break of dawn
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did not ever leave four before Zhuhr and two Rak‘ahs before morning
Whoever regularly observes four Rak‘ahs before Zhuhr and four after it, Allah will make him forbidden to Hellfire
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did not observe a voluntary prayer more regularly than the two Rak‘ahs of Fajr
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two light Rak‘ahs before the Fajr prayer, after the Muezzin would finish calling the Adhān and after the break of dawn. Then, he used to lie on his right s...
- العربية
When anyone of you prays two Rak‘ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie on his right side
- العربية
The most excellent fast after Ramadan is Allah's month, Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night
Perform Witr prayer before the morning
If anyone fears that he will not wake up at the end of the night, let him offer Witr prayer at the beginning of the night; and anyone expects to wake up at the end of the night, let him offer Witr prayer at the end of the night. Indeed, pra...
Make haste to perform the Witr prayer before the morning
- العربية

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