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Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, I am Muhammad Ibrahim
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Ahmed from Ethiopia.
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My question is how many sunnah salah are
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there in a single day?
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As far as the sunnah salah are concerned,
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there are several sunnah that we can offer
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during the day.
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Certain sunnah are more important as compared to
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the others and the most important from among
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the sunnahs that we need to offer throughout
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the day.
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First, we have the fardh salah which is
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but natural compulsory, the five daily prayers.
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These are 17 rakah but besides this from
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among the sunnah salah, the most important it
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is the qiyamul lail and in the qiyamul
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lail, the most important it is witr and
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according to the Hanafi school of thought, witr
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is compulsory.
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So witr is a very important salah and
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you should see to that we offer the
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qiyamul lail on a regular basis and I
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have given an entire course and the title
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of the course is qiyamul lail, the most
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important sunnah after the faraidh.
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So the most important sunnah after the faraidh
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and in fact after the fardh salah, it
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is the qiyamul lail.
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So the most important sunnah after the faraidh,
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it is qiyamul lail and qiyamul lail, what
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is the sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad
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peace and blessings be upon him?
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The sunnah is to offer 8 rakah followed
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by 3 rakah of witr.
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So total it is 11 rakah and there
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are several verses in the glorious Quran which
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stress upon the importance of qiyamul lail.
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the
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glorious Quran, surah al-sajdah, chapter number 32,
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verse number 16, تَتَجَافَ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ
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رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفَ وَطَمَعَ Their sights forsake their beds
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calling upon their Lord in hope and aspiration
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and several other verses which talk about the
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importance of qiyamul lail and the best time
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to offer the qiyamul lail, it is during
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the last one third of the night and
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especially during this time when our Palestinian brother
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and sisters, they are going through a lot
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of hardships.
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We should see to it that when we
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get up at night for qiyamul lail, we
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remember our Palestinian brother and sisters during the
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last one third of the night in the
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sujood.
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Now besides the qiyamul lail which is very
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important, after this we have the sunnah al
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-mu'akkadah or sunan al-rawaatim and these
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sunnah, they are the sunnah which the Prophet
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peace be upon him offered it regularly, they
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are not compulsory but they are recommended but
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the Prophet peace be upon him offered these
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sunnah regularly and the Prophet peace be upon
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him, he missed the sunnah only if there
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was a valid reason.
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The Prophet peace be upon him also offered
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the tahajjud salah, the qiyamul lail regularly, in
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fact the qiyamul lail, it was compulsory upon
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our beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings
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be upon him.
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So regarding the sunan al-rawaatim or sunnah
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al-mu'akkadah, they are twelve throughout the
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day which are offered before and after, before
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or after the five obligatory prayer.
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So the most important is the sunnah salah
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before the fajr salah, two rakah of sunnah
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salah before the fajr obligatory prayer and our
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beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said
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that the one who offers two rakah of
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sunnah fajr prayer, it is better than the
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world and the wealth in it.
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This is the importance of offering the sunnah
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fajr prayer and then we have the other
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sunnah al-mu'akkadah or sunan al-rawaatim,
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we have four rakah before the dhuhr salah,
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two rakah after the dhuhr salah, two rakah
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after the maghrib salah and two rakah after
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the isha salah.
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So total it equals to twelve rakah throughout
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the day and there's a hadith of our
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beloved Prophet Muhammad may peace and blessings be
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upon him which mentions regarding the one who
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offers ten rakah of sunnah al-mu'akkadah
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and he will enter paradise.
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But this talks about all the sunnah al
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-mu'akkadah that I mentioned except the four
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rakah before dhuhr salah.
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So it only talks about two rakah before
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the dhuhr salah instead of four rakah before
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the dhuhr salah.
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So if a person offers ten rakah, he
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will inshaAllah enter paradise.
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But the best is offering twelve rakah and
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our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
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said that the one who offers twelve rakah
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of sunnah al-mu'akkadah, the ones which
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I mentioned, then he will have a house
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close to the Prophet peace be upon him
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in Jannah.
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So this is a higher status.
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We should see to it that we are
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regular as far as the qiyam al-layl
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is concerned and the best is to offer
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eleven rakah as I mentioned and besides this
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we should try our level best to be
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regular as far as the sunan al-rawaatim
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or sunnah al-mu'akkadah salah are concerned.
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So these are twelve.
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So you have eleven rakah plus twelve rakah
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and then you have salah of dhuhr which
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is very important.
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A person can offer two rakah, four rakah,
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six rakah, eight rakah.
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But the sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad
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peace be upon him is to offer four
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rakah of dhuhr prayer and the duration for
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dhuhr prayer, it is a few minutes after
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sunrise, approximately 15 minutes after sunrise until about
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15 to 20 minutes before zawal or before
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the time of dhuhr.
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During this duration you can offer the dhuhr
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prayer.
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But the best time is to offer at
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the midpoint during this duration.
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So we have eleven rakah of qiyam al
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-layl, twelve rakah of sunnah al-mu'akkadah
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or sunan al-rawaatim and four rakah of
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dhuhr salah, total it equals to 27 rakah.
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Then besides this we have the sunan ghayr
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al-rawaatim or sunnah ghayr al-mu'akkadah
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and the Prophet peace be upon him missed
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this a few times and even when he
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missed this it wasn't for a particular reason
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but he missed it.
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But even this he used to try to
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offer it as often as possible.
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And these are ten, two rakah after dhuhr
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salah, four rakah before asr salah, two rakah
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before maghrib salah and two rakah before isha
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salah.
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So total it equals to ten and our
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beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said
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that the one who offers these ten rakah
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of sunnah ghayr al-mu'akkadah then he
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will be safe from the torment of hellfire.
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So these are as far as the daily
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sunnah salah are concerned.
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Besides this we have for example offering two
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rakah after you perform wudhu, we have offering
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two rakah when you enter the masjid which
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is called as tahiyyatul masjid.
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So generally if you enter the masjid and
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you do not offer any salah, so you
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should see to it that you offer two
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rakah of tahiyyatul masjid and we have certain
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salah which are the non-daily sunnah which
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are based on occasions or based on certain
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situations.
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We have salah tul khusuf which we offer
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for the solar eclipse and then we have
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salah tul khusuf which we offer for the
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lunar eclipse and it is a sunnah of
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our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
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to offer these salah during the time of
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eclipse and the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam when
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he used to offer this salah it used
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to be long and then we have salah
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tul istisqa that when there is no rain
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in a particular region so the people they
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gather together and they offer this salah and
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the sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace
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be upon him is that the cloak that
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a person is wearing that too after they
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complete the salah to wear this cloak the
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other way round to turn it and we
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know at the time of the Prophet peace
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be upon him they used to wear outer
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cloaks.
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So the sunnah is to turn this cloak
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after you offer salah as an indication that
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may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala change the
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situation there is no rain for several days
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so may there be rain and we call
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upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala asking it
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to be a beneficial rain.
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So this was regarding the sunnah salah that
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we need to offer during the day certain
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sunnah are more important as compared to the
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other as I mentioned so we should see
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to that we are regular as far as
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offering the sunnah salah are concerned.
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Offering salah is very important there are several
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words in the glorious Quran which talk about
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establishing regular prayer aqeemus salah aqeemus salah and
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if you want to be more if you
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want to be connected to Allah subhanahu wa
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ta'ala you should offer salah with khushu
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and khudu with concentration and it will bring
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about satisfaction tranquility in our lives.
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So I hope that answers your question.
