Hacene Chebbani – The Power of Voluntary Prayers in Islam
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The transcript discusses various na wafl prayers and associated experiences, including the importance of the sun Shari for enrolling in voluntary prayers and the number of prayers and associated experiences. The speakers emphasize the importance of praying for the Prophet's hand and not doing things after the sun is up, as well as the importance of praying for the sun and not doing things after the sun is up, as well as the importance of having strong faith in praying for the sun and not doing things after the sun is up. The transcript also touches on the importance of praying for missed prayer and avoiding doing things at home, while also emphasizing the importance of praying for the 12 springtime cycles and offering heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy heavy
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Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, salatu wassalamu ala ashrafil mursaleen
Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma
'in.
Marhaban bikum jami'an fi hadhi al-halaqa.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless you.
Bless your time, bless your families.
Nisa'Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala yufiqana li
kulli khair.
So, as it was announced, we'll be talking
about the voluntary prayers insha'Allah, the nawafil.
That Rasulullah ﷺ used to do.
Or he used to encourage the ummah to
perform.
And what are the different nawafils that are
prescribed in the shari'ah of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala.
So, the ulama, rahmatullahi alayhim, when they speak
about these nawafil, these voluntary prayers, they sometimes
classify them in different types.
So, they said some of them are legislated
to be performed in congregation, like tarawih or
prayer for rain.
And some of them are not legislated to
be performed in congregation, like salatul istikhara, for
example.
Some of them are meant to be linked
or they are always actually linked to the
mandatory prayers, to the wajib prayers.
And these ones are usually called rawatib.
Rawatib is the plural of word in Arabic,
ratiba.
And ratiba is something coming from rataba, the
verb rataba, when you keep doing something on
a regular basis.
So, this is called ratiba prayers.
But there is some confusion here between what
is highly recommended and what is not highly
recommended.
So, all these prayers that are linked to
the wajib prayer, we'll try to, insha'Allah,
remove this confusion tonight.
And some of them are not linked to
any mandatory prayers, like duha prayer.
Duha prayer, you do it in the morning
after sunrise, at least 10 minutes to 15
minutes after sunrise, till 5 or 10 minutes
before zawal.
So, this time is for duha prayer and
they are not linked to any mandatory prayers.
And some of them have a specific time,
like al-witr.
It's always at night, you know, after you
finish all your prayers, you complete all your
nawafil at night.
So, you are supposed to end your prayer
with witr prayer.
And some of them have a reason, they
have a specific reason, like the greeting of
a masjid.
When you come to the masjid, you are
not supposed to sit down unless you pray
two rak'ahs.
Or if you start another prayer, that's okay,
it will suffice against the tahiyyat al-masjid.
Or the sunnah prayer after completing the wudu,
or the sunnah prayer after completing tawaf around
the kaaba.
So, these prayers have a specific reason.
Some of them have no specific time or
reason, like any other nawafil, any unconditional, unrestricted,
voluntary prayers.
You can do them at any time between
maghrib, between, for example, fajr, or sunrise and
zawal, or between dhuhr and asr, or at
night, after isha.
So, they don't have any specific reason.
And some of them are highly recommended, like
al-witr, like al-dhuhr, like the ru
'awati prayer.
And some of them are just sunnah prayers,
recommended sunnah prayers.
So, we have what is highly recommended, we
have what is recommended sunnah prayers.
You can call them, bil-lugh al-arabiyya,
salawat mustahabba, wa sunan muakkadah.
Muakkadah, highly confirmed, or highly recommended.
I don't want to use confirmed because some
people, they could be confused about the ahadith.
You know, when we say confirmed, are they
confirmed by the ahadith of Rasulallah ﷺ or
not?
So, maybe we should say, about the sunnah
muakkadah, highly recommended, instead of confirmed.
But when we use that, when we talk
about the authenticity of the ahadith, we can
say if the hadith is confirmed or not.
Now, what are the highly recommended ru'awati
sunnah prayers?
So, I'm using the ru'awati prayer to
indicate those that are highly recommended sunnah prayers,
and they are linked to the wajib prayer
or linked to the mandatory prayers.
Basically, the choice, the opinion that I follow,
is there are 12 prayers.
This is the opinion that I follow, right?
That there are 12 prayers.
Two before fajr, four before dhuhr, two by
two.
And then two after dhuhr, and then two
after maghrib, and then two after isha.
These are as sunan muakkadah, wa tusamah as
sunan ar-rawatib.
So, the highly recommended ratiba sunnah prayers.
Ratiba, as I said, singular, plural, rawatib.
It's the same, ratiba or ratib is the
same, right?
It's something that a person does on a
regular basis.
So, why they are highly recommended?
Because Rasulullah ﷺ emphasized their importance, and he
kept on doing them on a regular basis.
The only time I think he left these
prayers when he was traveling, with the exception
of winter and, for example, and fajr prayer,
sunnah for fajr prayer, he used to do
it all the time.
So, what are the proofs for these 12
prayers?
We have the hadith of Umm Habibah.
Who is Umm Habibah?
She was the wife of our Prophet ﷺ.
Her name is Umm Habibah bint Abu Sufyan.
You know that Abu Sufyan used to be
the leader of Quraysh, and he used to
fight against Muslims for a while, he fought
against Muslims for a while, and then at
the end he accepted Islam.
When Mecca was conquered, he accepted Islam, and
he died as a Muslim, Abu Sufyan.
So his daughter, Umm Habibah, accepted Islam before
her parents.
Her parents, Hind bint Utbah and Abu Sufyan
did not accept Islam till the 8th, till
during the Fath of Mecca, when Mecca was,
as I said, was conquered, during the 8th
year of the hijrah of Rasulullah ﷺ.
But Umm Habibah accepted Islam before them, before
her parents, and she made hijrah to al
-Habasha, her husband passed away there, and then
when she moved to Medina, she got married
with Rasulullah ﷺ.
And she was the sister of Mu'awiyah
bint Abu Sufyan.
So Mu'awiyah bint Abu Sufyan is the
brother-in-law of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
Anyway, Umm Habibah, she, radhiyallahu anha, conveyed this
message.
She said, Rasulullah ﷺ said, مَن صَلَّى لِلَّهِ
فِي يَوْمٍ فِي نْتَيْ عَشَرَ رَكْعَةً بُنِيَ لَهُ
بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ رِوَايَ أُخْرَى مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ
مُسْلِمٍ يُصَلِّي لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي نْتَيْ
عَشَرَ رَكْعَةً تَطَوُّعًا غَيْرَ الْفَرِيضَةِ So this hadith
confirms that we are not talking about al
-Faridah, we are talking about Nawafil.
Because she said, تَطَوُّعًا غَيْرَ الْفَرِيضَةِ إِلَّا بُنِيَ
لَهُ إِلَّا بَنَا اللَّهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ
This hadith is found in Sahih Muslim and
some other sources of hadith like Imam al
-Tirmidhi.
So the meaning of this hadith, whoever prays
12 rak'ahs of voluntary prayers in a
day, and she said voluntary prayers here, so
we are not talking about the mandatory prayers,
Allah will build for him a house in
Jannah.
Allah will build for him a house in
Jannah.
And in Sunan al-Tirmidhi, and the hadith
is Sahih in Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Umm Habibah
r.a. clearly told us about these 12
prayers, so we don't disagree about them.
And she said 4 before dhuhr, 2 rak
'ahs after dhuhr, 2 rak'ahs after maghrib,
2 rak'ahs after isha, and 2 rak
'ahs before fajr.
So she clearly told us about these 12
rak'ahs.
So you don't pray 12 rak'ahs at
night and you say, okay I fulfilled the
recommendation of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, so I
will get a house in Jannah.
You might, but Umm Habibah is talking about
these 12 rak'ahs that we do before
the prayer, the faridah prayer, or after the
faridah prayer.
She's talking about these 12 prayers, right?
Now there is a second opinion, that's why
I told you I follow the first opinion,
which is there are 12 rak'ahs.
The second opinion says that there are 10.
There are 10 rak'ahs.
The reason I'm talking to you about two
opinions, because I don't want you to be
confused if you check this mas'ala on
the internet.
I'm sure that you'll find these two opinions
on the internet.
So we want to sort it out.
We want to know what is more correct,
wallahu ta'ala.
It's not a big deal if you pray
10 rak'ahs, but if you pray 12,
inshallah you get the reward that was promised
by Rasulullah ﷺ, which is a house in
Jannah.
But is it a house for praying these
12 rak'ahs on a regular basis, one
house?
Or one house for every day?
That's a one million question here, right?
And we'll talk about it tonight, inshallah.
So Ibn Umar, there is a second opinion
that says there are 10 rak'ahs.
There are not 12, right?
We got it from Ibn Umar, Abdullah Ibn
Umar.
Abdullah Ibn Umar was a famous Sahabi.
He was the son of Umar Ibn Khattab.
He was a faqih, great scholar.
So he said, I memorized 10 rak'ahs
from the Messenger of Allah, which he used
to perform or pray during days and nights.
And then he mentioned two before dhuhr and
two after dhuhr.
And the same prayers are the same, like
Um Habibah, the hadith of Um Habibah.
Right?
So four before dhuhr, instead of four, Um
Habibah mentioned four, right?
Now Umar, Ibn Abdullah Ibn Umar mentioned two.
Now how do we solve this problem here?
It's easy to solve it.
Why?
Because we have Aisha radiallahu anha, who was,
she was a great faqihah.
And she said, she confirmed what Um Habibah
said, Aisha.
Aisha radiallahu anha said, and this is in
Sahih Muslim.
She was asked about the voluntary prayers of
the Messenger of Allah.
And she said, he used to pray in
my house, four rak'ahs.
Four rak'ahs before dhuhr.
He would go and lead the prayer in
congregation, then he would come back to my
house and pray two rak'ahs.
So Aisha radiallahu anha confirmed what Um Habibah
said.
Now, I'll tell you why the opinion of
the wives of the Prophet is better than
the opinion of Abdullah Ibn Umar.
Rasulallah salallahu alayhi wa sallam used to encourage
Muslims to pray the nawafil at home.
And he used to do them at home.
Right?
Aisha is confirming that he used to pray
four at home.
Then he would go and lead the people
in congregation.
He would come back to my home, to
my house, and pray two rak'ahs.
And he himself, he said, He
said the best, the most excellent prayer for
a person is the one that he does,
he performs in his house, except for the
mandatory prayers.
The five daily prayers.
So the five daily prayers, we're supposed to
do them in the masjid.
But the other sunan, Rasulallah salallahu alayhi wa
sallam, he said, Bless your houses with your
salat.
Do your nawafil prayer at home.
And this is the sunan.
It's okay if you do them in the
masjid.
Most of the people who come to the
masjid, they do their nawafil in the masjid.
Even though we mentioned many times that it's
better to do them at home, but I
don't know why.
Yeah, people are insisting on doing it in
the masjid.
They like to do it like right away
after isha, after mahrib and then leave.
I mean, if you have to do something,
you have to go somewhere, that's okay.
You're staying in your office, you're doing something,
do some shopping.
That's okay, you do them in the masjid.
But if you're going back home, maybe you
should follow the sunan of Rasulallah salallahu alayhi
wa sallam and do them at home.
But the point is, the reason I believe
that 12 rak'ahs is more, the opinion
that says there are 12 rak'ahs is
more correct.
Why?
Because Aisha radiallahu anha and Umm Habiba, they
were the wives of the Prophet.
They were familiar with his sunan at home.
They knew the number of rak'ahs he
used to pray at home.
Abdullah ibn Umar is a sahabi, he doesn't
have access to his private life at home.
So he was trying to memorize this sunan,
watch and observe the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa
sallam.
And he was able to memorize only these
10 rak'ahs radiallahu anhu.
So I would say the opinion of Aisha
and Umm Habiba is better than the opinion
of Abdullah ibn Umar.
And by the way, it's better to do
12 than doing 10, right?
Because the hadith says if you pray 12,
a house will be built for you in
Jannah, right?
The hadith didn't say 10, the hadith said
12, right?
If you pray 12, you are promised a
house in Jannah.
Now the question is, is it one house
for doing these 12 rak'ahs every day?
Or is it one new house for every
12 rak'ahs?
One new house for every 12 rak'ahs.
By the way, everyone will have a shelter
in Jannah, everyone will have a house in
Jannah, right?
But this is something extra.
But is it one or an extra house
every day for every 12 rak'ahs?
Now the hadith, the answer to this question
was not explicitly stated by Rasulallah sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam.
This is something that we need to understand.
Whatever I give you, whatever answer I give
you today is not confirmed 100%.
It's not 100%.
It's what I am inclined to, right?
And what I prefer.
Because the ulama, who are more knowledgeable than
myself, are divided.
Some of them, they said one house for
every 12 rak'ahs.
Another group of scholars said it is one
house for those who keep doing these 12
rak'ahs on a regular basis.
Why?
Because some hadith indicated that this reward is
given to the one who performs these 12
rak'ahs during one day.
Some hadith.
Like the hadith of Umm Habibah.
She said one day.
If you do them for one day, a
house will be built for you in Jannah.
There are some hadith which indicated that this
house is for the one who keeps on
doing these 12 rak'ahs on a regular
basis.
So the answer here to this question, as
I said, is not clear.
However, I am inclined towards the first opinion
that a person will get a new house
for every 12 rak'ahs.
That means if you do them every day,
if my opinion and the opinion of those
scholars who chose this opinion, if they are
right, for 365 days for the whole year,
you get 365 houses.
Let's say you miss these prayers for two
months.
So you get only 300 houses every year.
300, yeah.
For 10 years, how many houses?
3,000 houses.
For 20 years, 6,000.
If you do them for 40 years, that's
12,000.
12,000 houses.
Now the reason I am inclined towards this
opinion, the reason.
The first group of hadiths are more authentic
than the second group of hadiths.
The first group of hadiths.
They are in Sahih Muslim.
The other ones are not in Sahih Muslim.
Sahih Muslim is a reliable source of hadith,
right?
Number one.
The second reason is, when Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala described the eternal kingdom of paradise,
He described it with some important terms.
We need to pay attention to the terms
that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala used.
In Surah Al-Insan, for example, وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ
ثَمَّ رَأَيْتَ نَعِيمًا وَمُلْكًا كَبِيرًا So Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala is not talking about small
garden.
He's not talking about one house.
He's talking about a kingdom, a vast kingdom,
a vast kingdom.
So 12,000 houses will fit into this
description very well.
Right?
Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is talking
about the na'im.
If you look around, this is in Surah
Al-Insan.
You look around and you would see a
bliss or a delight and a vast kingdom.
A great kingdom.
A great dominion.
Now there are some young people.
One time I read a question of one
sister.
She sent a question to one of the
imams.
She told him, don't you think that staying
in one small garden forever, eternally, would be
something very boring?
This is the understanding of some young people
about Jannah.
We need to really expand our knowledge about
Jannah.
Allah is talking about a vast kingdom.
He's not talking about a house, one or
two or three.
Now, there is a hadith that is muttafaq
alayh.
About the last person who will enter Jannah.
I want you to compare here.
The last person who will enter Jannah.
This person was in hellfire.
And he is the last person who would
leave hellfire and he will go into Jannah.
That means he will have the lowest, this
person will have the lowest ranking in Jannah.
What Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, and
this is a Qudsi hadith.
That's why we said Allah, Allah was talking
to him.
And that's why you say it's a Qudsi
hadith.
He said, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
tell him.
You will have similar to the world and
ten worlds like it.
You will have similar to the world, to
this worldly life.
This person will be the last person to
enter Jannah.
His kingdom in Jannah.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala describe it this
way.
You will have something similar to the worldly
life and ten times like it.
You know what did he say, what was
his reaction?
This person, this is what Rasulullah ﷺ said.
And he was laughing when he was talking
about the reaction of this person.
أَتَهْزَأُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ He said, are
you making fun of me?
And you are the lord of the world?
So this person will not believe it.
This is the last person entering Jannah.
When Allah told him this or will tell
him this.
He will think that Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala is mocking him, is making fun of
him.
And Rasulullah ﷺ was smiling or laughing when
he mentioned this hadith.
So how about those who will be in
the higher, who will have a higher status
in Jannah?
So Jannah is not about one house or
two.
That's why I am inclined towards the first
opinion which says, it is a house, new
house for every twelve rakats.
And do it, if this opinion is correct,
then you will be extremely happy on the
Day of Judgment.
Even if it is one house, you will
do it, right?
Because it is highly, these are sunan mu
'akkadah, highly recommended prayers.
Rasulullah ﷺ used to do them on a
regular basis.
Now let's talk a little bit about matters
that are related to this sunan in general.
The sunan, the highly recommended sunan that Rasulullah
ﷺ used to do.
The first question is, what is, we are
still talking about the twelve rakats.
What is the most important prayer among these
highly recommended sunan prayers?
In your opinion, what is the most important
among them, among the twelve rakats?
Fajr, yes, that's the right answer.
Fajr are the most important prayers among these
twelve rakats.
More, greater attention was given to these two
rakats of the sunan for Fajr prayer.
Rasulullah ﷺ, or Aisha actually, she said, She
said, This is found in Bukhari and Muslim.
Hadith aakhir, In the first
hadith, Aisha, she said the Prophet ﷺ was
not more concerned and did not pay attention
to any of the optional prayers like he
did for the two rakats, you know, before
the Fajr prayer.
So he was, he used to do them
on a regular basis, right?
And in a different hadith, he said, Look
at this statement, They are more beloved to
me than this dunya and anything in it.
About these two rakats, short, light two rakats
that he used to offer before Fajr prayer,
and this is in Sahih Muslim.
Why?
Maybe their reward is excellent, Allah knows.
Maybe Allah has prepared a great reward for
those who offer these two rakats before Fajr
prayer.
Now, are we supposed to shorten these two
rakats?
Yes, this is the sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ.
Even if we know that they are great
two rakats, it's a great prayer in the
sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Rasulullah ﷺ used to love these two rakats,
he used to do them on a regular
basis, but at the same time, he used
to shorten them.
Then we have to follow his sunnah ﷺ.
And this is what Aisha again, you know,
confirmed.
She said that he used to pray 13
rakats at night.
Sometimes 11, sometimes 13, that was his sunnah
ﷺ.
Then he used to pray two light rakats
in the morning.
This hadith is in Abu Dawood.
And in another hadith, the Prophet ﷺ used
to pray two light rakats in the morning.
So she said, Rasulullah ﷺ used to offer
two light rakats, she said light, light rakats,
short rakats, between the adhan and the iqama
of the fajr prayer, this is in Bukhari.
Now what to recite, what is the sunnah?
When it comes to recitation, what do we
recite in these two rakats?
So in the first rakat, surah al-Kafirun,
after al-Fatiha.
In the second rakat, surah al-Ikhlas, after
surah al-Fatiha.
Some other times Rasulullah ﷺ would recite the
ayah, one ayah from surah al-Baqarah, which
is 136 from surah al-Baqarah, in the
first rakat.
And in the second rakat after al-Fatiha,
he would recite ayah 64 from surah Ali
Imran, just one ayah.
So one ayah in the first rakat from
surah al-Baqarah, one ayah from surah Ali
Imran, 64 in the second rakat.
Most of the time would be surah al
-Kafirun and surah al-Ikhlas.
If you are in a hurry, you have
only two minutes before the iqama is done,
you can pray, just recite al-Fatiha.
Al-Fatiha in the first rakat, al-Fatiha
in the second rakat, if you want to
catch al-jamaa.
Now the fourth point, are we supposed to
pray any extra prayer after we offer the
sunnah of fajr prayer?
Here people are confused.
When they come to the masjid, if they
pray the sunnah, some people, not all of
them, some brothers are confused about this matter.
Now the answer to this question, no, we
are not supposed to offer any prayer.
But there is one exception, which is Tahiyyat
al-Masjid.
And here, the confusion is here.
Some brothers, they believe that for fajr prayer,
when they come to the masjid for fajr
prayer, they are not supposed to pray Tahiyyat
al-Masjid.
That's okay, if you pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid.
Because Tahiyyat al-Masjid has a reason.
You are offering Tahiyyat al-Masjid, because you
are entering the mosque.
You are entering the masjid, and you are
supposed to offer two rakats before you sit
down.
Right?
This is if you pray the sunnah of
fajr at home.
But if you come to the masjid and
you pray the sunnah of fajr in the
masjid, then maybe it's better to pray the
sunnah of fajr and that's it.
You don't have to pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid.
But if you pray Tahiyyat al-Masjid and
you pray the sunnah of fajr, that's fine.
There is nothing wrong with that.
Right?
Because Tahiyyat al-Masjid has a specific reason.
This is not, you know, a voluntary prayer
that you want to add by yourself.
Right?
But the answer is, you are not supposed
to pray any other voluntary prayer.
If you pray these two rakats, you wait
for Salat al-Fajr.
Unless you are coming to the masjid, as
I said.
And what is the proof for that?
Hafsa, in Sahih Muslim, she said, وَكَانَ رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صَلَىٰ سَلِمُ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ لَا يُصَلِّ
إِلَّا رَكَعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ This hadith is found in
Sahih Muslim.
Hadith of Hafsa.
Hafsa bint Umar ibn al-Khattab.
She used to be the daughter of Umar
ibn al-Khattab.
And she used to be also one of
the wives of our Prophet ﷺ.
And by the way, he married multiple wives
in the city of Medina for this reason.
One of the reasons.
One of the two reasons.
But I know the conclusion that I reached
myself, that Allah allowed him to get married
with multiple wives in the city of Medina
for two reasons.
One of them is this.
That this woman will have access to his
private life, and he will tell us about
his sunnah.
And there will be a group of them
watching him and observing him all the time.
If Aisha misses something, then Um Salama will
get it.
Will know about it.
If Hamsa misses something, then Um Habibah will
pay attention to it.
And so on and so forth.
The group of women around him, his wives.
Not in Mecca.
In Mecca there was no need for that.
That's why he got married with one wife,
Khadijah.
When she died, he got married with Saudah,
one wife.
But in Medina is a different story.
In Mecca, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala used
to reveal to him what?
Matters of aqeedah.
Matters of aqeedah.
Faith.
Belief.
Right?
And the sahabah outside his home, outside his
private life, they used to know about these
tenets of faith.
Right?
Jannah and Nahr.
The moment he tells them, he shares with
them the Quran that was revealed about Jannah
and Nahr.
And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, previous messengers,
they would know.
Memorize the Quran and they would know.
In Medina, now he's building a state.
He was building community.
Right?
Now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is revealing
to him rules about zakat, about Ramadan, teaching
him some extra prayers and so on.
So there is a life that was built
in Medina.
Communal life.
Right?
And the sahabahs did not have access to
his private life at home.
Who will have access to this private life?
His wives.
And they were supposed to memorize his sunnah
because he's the final messenger.
There will be no messenger who will come
after him.
He will be the final guide to humanity.
And we needed to know every details.
We knew even how he used to take
ghusl with his wife Aisha.
Who would talk to people about the way
he takes ghusl with his wife?
It's very private.
But there is no privacy for him.
We need to know about his life.
We need to know about his life.
Because we need to follow, we have the
obligation to follow his sunnah.
So don't get confused when people start attacking
your messenger salallahu alayhi wa sallam about getting
married to many wives or multiple wives in
the city of Medina.
That was allowed for a specific reason.
I said one of them is this.
But on a different occasion if you want
we can talk about the second reason inshallah.
Now, the other question is, what do we
do when we miss the sunnah of fajr
prayer?
What do we do when we miss, if
we miss it?
We don't pray it before the faridah.
We have two options.
The first option is to do them immediately
after the salat is over.
The second option is to wait until sunrise.
10 minutes, 15 minutes after sunrise and you
can do the sunnah prayer.
And both of them, both options are fine.
However, some ulama they said it could be
better to do them after sunrise.
To wait until sunrise is over and then
10 minutes, 15 minutes, at least 10 minutes.
Do not pray, do not offer any prayer
after sunrise before 10 minutes have passed.
You have to wait at least 10 minutes.
Don't pray after like 7 minutes or 6
minutes, do not.
You will be taking a risk because we
are not supposed to offer any prayer at
that time.
When the sun is rising, right?
So at least you wait for 10 minutes.
If you want to be in the safe
side, make them 12, 13, 14, 15 minutes
or 20 minutes.
Now the ulama who said, you know, it's
better maybe to do them after sunrise because
there is a hadith.
He said, So this hadith is found in
Sunan Tirmidhi.
Some ulama they said this hadith could be
sahih and therefore it could be better to
do them after sunrise.
Wallahu ta'ala a'lam.
He said, Rasulullah ﷺ in this hadith, whoever
did not pray the two rak'ahs of
the sunnah for fajr, let him pray them
after sunrise.
Those ulama who said this hadith is sahih,
they said it's better to do them after
sunrise.
Right?
But we have another hadith, Qais al-Ansari
al-Sahabi, who offered these two rak'ahs
immediately after fajr prayer.
Rasulullah ﷺ saw him doing these two rak
'ahs.
And he said, what are you doing after
he finished?
He said, I prayed the sunnah of fajr.
I missed it before fajr.
I just did it right now.
And Rasulullah ﷺ kept quiet.
He didn't say anything, which is an approval.
And his approval is part of the sunnah.
He approved what he did.
If it was wrong, he would tell him,
don't do it again.
Or he would have told him, do not
do them again.
Right?
So we have this proof and we have
this proof.
That's why the ulama they said, you have
the choice.
If you're going to work, do them immediately
after fajr, right?
If you're going to work.
But if you have time, you can, you're
going home and you have time, maybe do
them after sunrise.
It's up to you.
So both options are fine.
Now let's talk about the sunnah for dhuhr
prayer.
The Rawatib.
The Rawatib.
The sunnah Rawatib.
Or the highly recommended Rawatib sunnah prayers for
dhuhr prayer.
Right?
There are 4 rak'ahs we said before.
We follow the opinion of 12 rak'ahs,
right?
So we said 4 rak'ahs before dhuhr.
And 2 rak'ahs after dhuhr.
Now there are many proofs that are, you
know, when we say highly recommended, it is
something that Rasulallah ﷺ emphasized, as I said
with his statement.
And also he used to do them on
a regular basis.
This is what is called highly recommended.
Because there are some other sunnah, they are
not highly recommended.
But they are part of the sunnah that
we are supposed to do if we want,
if we wish.
We are supposed to do them also on
a daily basis, if you wish, if we
wish to do them.
So about, we have the hadith of Umm
Habibah and Aisha.
And they clearly mentioned that he used to
do 4.
Or he highly emphasized the importance of praying
4 rak'ahs before dhuhr.
And 2 rak'ahs after dhuhr.
So we have this proof, the hadith of
Umm Habibah and the hadith of Aisha.
And also Aisha, she said, this is a
very strong statement.
كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يدعو
أربعا قبل الظهري وركعتين قبل الغدات.
Bukhari and Muslim.
She said the Prophet never left.
That's why the ulama when they see this
statement, never left.
He said this is highly recommended.
This is sunnah muakkadah.
He never left 4 rak'ahs before dhuhr
and 2 rak'ahs before fajr prayer.
And Ali ibn Abi Talib radiallahu anhu also
confirmed this sunnah.
He said, كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
يصلي قبل الظهري أربعا وبعدها ركعتين.
This is in Tirmidhi and Nasa'i and
some other sources of the hadith.
Ali radiallahu anhu confirmed the same thing.
That the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used
to pray 4 rak'ahs before dhuhr and
2 rak'ahs after dhuhr.
Now how do we offer the 4 rak
'ahs before the dhuhr prayer?
This is also a matter of disagreement between
brothers and sisters coming from different cultures, from
different environments, following different madhab, different opinions.
Do we do them 2 by 2?
That means we say salam after 2 rak
'ahs, and then we pray another 2 rak
'ahs, and we say salam, we offer the
salam.
Or we do 4 rak'ahs in a
row with one taslim.
One taslim.
So there are 2 opinions here, right?
And what I follow is that we are
supposed to do them 2 by 2.
This is well confirmed in the sunnah of
Rasulallah صلى الله عليه وسلم.
And this is the opinion of the majority
of Muslim scholars.
Among them Imam Malik, Imam Ahmad, and Imam
Shafi'i.
All these 3 Imams and majority of Muslim
scholars, they said we are supposed to pray
2 rak'ahs, we offer the salam, and
then do another 2 rak'ahs.
This is how we offer the 4 rak
'ahs.
Now why they said that?
Because of the famous hadith in which Rasulallah
صلى الله عليه وسلم said, صلاة الليل والنهار
مثنى مثنى.
He said the prayers of the day and
the night are supposed to be offered or
are to be offered 2 by 2.
This is a famous hadith.
Now Imam Abu Hanifa رحمة الله عليه وسلم
and his 2 famous students, Abu Yusuf and
Muhammad ibn Hassan al-Shaybani and some other
scholars, they used to believe that these sunnahs
are to be offered 4 rak'ahs in
a row.
Like Zuhr prayer, right?
They have their own proofs.
Their proofs is another version of the hadith
that I mentioned.
I mentioned the hadith صلاة الليل والنهار مثنى
مثنى.
The prayers of the day and the night
are to be offered 2 by 2.
The version that Imam Abu Hanifa follows is
another version of this hadith.
The prayers of the night are to be
offered 2 by 2.
He said there is no day here.
So Rasulallah صلى الله عليه وسلم is talking
about night prayer, right?
He didn't mention the days, the day prayer.
And he said Abdullah ibn Umar used to
offer 4 rak'ahs in a row.
Abdullah ibn Umar, that was his ijtihad رضي
الله عنه.
But we don't have a proof, a clear
proof that Rasulallah صلى الله عليه وسلم offered
4 rak'ahs in a row.
That was a practice of Abdullah ibn Umar.
He used to do it sometimes, right?
So the ulama, the other ulama are not
saying it's haram to do 4 in a
row.
They are very flexible, very reasonable.
They said it's better to do 2 by
2.
But if someone pray 4 rak'ahs in
a row, it should be accepted.
But it's better, it's better.
This is what they say, it's better if
you want to follow the sunnah.
This is what is confirmed.
Because we don't have a proof, a clear
proof from Rasulallah صلى الله عليه وسلم that
he offered 4 rak'ahs in a row
with one salam.
So what they say is, like Imam Ahmed,
he was asked about these prayers.
He said, what I prefer is that a
Muslim would do 2 by 2.
Offer 2 rak'ahs, one salam, and another
2 rak'ahs, one salam.
But if a person chooses to pray 4
rak'ahs in a row, that should be
fine inshallah.
But this is what the ulama preferred, Imam
Malik and Imam Ahmed.
Wallahu ta'ala alam.
So by the way, you know the ulama
when they have disagreements, they have their own
proofs.
So we should always give them the benefit
of doubt, right?
And we treat them with respect, right?
Now so these are the sunnah for dhuhr
prayer.
4 rak'ahs before, 2 by 2.
It's better to do them 2 by 2.
And 2 after dhuhr prayer.
Now the 2 rak'ahs after dhuhr prayer.
And then after that, we have 2 after.
So 2 before fajr, 4 before dhuhr, that's
6, right?
And 2 after dhuhr, the total will be
8.
And then 2 after maghrib.
These are the highly recommended part of the
12 rak'ahs.
2 after maghrib, and then 2 after isha.
So these are the 12 highly recommended voluntary
prayers that are connected to the mandatory prayers.
And they are called rawatib or ratiba because
Rasulallah ﷺ used to do them on a
regular basis.
Now let's talk about the regular sunnah prayers.
So when I say regular, they are not
highly recommended.
But they are recommended if you want to
do them.
And we will learn from Rasulallah ﷺ the
way he used to talk about these regular
sunnah prayers.
Their number is 10.
But 10, I wouldn't say 10 and put
a restriction here.
If you want to pray more, that's fine.
It's up to you.
But if you want to do the minimum
of this regular sunnah, that would be 10.
Based on the ahadith of Rasulallah ﷺ.
Their number would be 10.
And we are supposed to do them on
a daily basis.
I mean if you wish.
Rasulallah ﷺ said, actually he used this term,
if you wish.
So he emphasized the importance of the 12.
But regarding these 10, he said if you
wish.
It's up to you and these are the
terms used by Rasulallah ﷺ.
The first of these 10, they are 2
rak'ahs after dhuhr.
So we have 6 highly recommended.
4 before dhuhr and 2 after dhuhr.
We add to them another 2.
But they are not highly recommended.
They are just recommended.
2.
So the total becomes 4 before dhuhr and
4 after dhuhr.
But 6 of them are highly recommended.
2 of them are just recommended.
If you wish, you can do them.
So what is the dalil?
Hadith, I think Umm Habibah radiallahu anha.
She said, So
the hadith says, whoever observes the practice of
performing 4 rak'ahs before dhuhr prayer and
4 after the dhuhr prayer.
And 4 after the dhuhr prayer, Allah will
forbid him or protect him from the fire
of *.
So if you do 4 before dhuhr, that
would be the highly recommended 4.
And then 4 after dhuhr, 2 highly recommended,
2 regular sunnah prayers.
This is what you get.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will protect you
against the punishment of hellfire.
This is the promise.
And the hadith is sahih.
And Rasulallah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, when talking
about, by the way, about the 4 before
dhuhr.
If you miss them before dhuhr, you can
do them after dhuhr.
Aisha radiallahu anha, Just in case, you miss
them before dhuhr, the 4 before dhuhr, you
can do them after dhuhr.
Now we have another 4 before asr.
These are regular sunnah prayers.
4 before asr.
So we said 2 before dhuhr.
We add them to the 6.
The 6 are highly recommended.
2 just recommended prayers.
And then we have 4 before asr.
Sometimes when you tell them, people, you tell
them, Okay, I want to pray sunnah before
asr.
They tell you sunnah.
What kind of sunnah?
Because they have in mind that we don't
have any other sunnah beside the rawatib, the
12 rak'ahs.
You tell them, like I'm praying sunnah before
asr.
This is a sunnah, but it is not
highly recommended.
It's a regular sunnah.
If you wish to do it.
Now the hadith about it, hadith abdullah ibn
umar radiallahu anhu.
Rasulallah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, or a woman
who prays 4 rak'ahs before asr prayer.
The hadith, some ulema, they said, we're not
sure if it is sahih.
Some ulema, they said it is hasan.
Some ulema, they said it is sahih.
So the ulema, they said, some ulema classified
the hadith as sahih.
Some of them hasan.
Maybe it's better to do it and include
them in the sunnah, regular sunnah.
Right?
But if you miss them, that's okay.
Rasulallah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam used to do
them.
He used to pray 4 rak'ahs.
Ali ibn Abi Talib confirmed that he used
to pray 4 rak'ahs before.
But it was not something that he would
do on a regular basis.
In a different hadith, Ali radiallahu anhu.
So we have this hadith, but we have
the confirmation of Ali.
That he used to sometimes pray 4 rak
'ahs before asr.
But they're not highly recommended.
Right?
And when it comes to any hadith that
has a great reward.
Like, for example, here there is either a
dua from Rasulallah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
May Allah have mercy on this person.
Or Allah will have mercy.
Allah will show mercy to a person who
prays 4 rak'ahs before him.
It's either a confirmation or a dua.
If it is a dua, it would be
Rasulallah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam making dua for
the person who offers 4 rak'ahs before
asr.
If it is a confirmation, he would be
confirming that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
include this person in his mercy.
Right?
So the ulema, they are not sure.
They said, we are not sure if it
is a confirmation or a dua made by
Rasulallah.
Either way, it's something good.
It's something beautiful.
Right?
But as I said, they are not highly
recommended.
If you wish to do them, it's beautiful.
Regarding these ahadith that are controversial.
Like, their message is beautiful.
But they are controversial in terms of authenticity.
We are not sure if they are authentic
or not.
Like, for example, the hadith which says, مَنْ
اِسْتَغْفَرَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتَ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ
مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ حَسَنَةً Whoever makes istighfar or pray
to Allah to forgive the believing man and
the believing woman, Allah will give him a
hasana.
Will write for him a hasana for every
believing person.
Which is amazing.
You just say, اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِي وَالِيَّ
وَلِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتَ Oh Allah, forgive me and
forgive my parents and forgive all the believers.
Allah will give you a hasana for every
believer.
So if there are 1 billion believers, 2
billion believers on earth, how about if it
includes those who passed away?
From the time of Adam till the Day
of Judgment, billions of hasanas, right?
So this hadith, some ulama they said, like
Sheikh Al-Albani used to say this hadith
is hasan, what I'm talking about now.
Some ulama they said, oh we're not sure
if it is hasan.
So my message to people, do it, you
have nothing to lose.
It's something good.
The prophets and messengers used to, Allah commanded
them to ask, to pray, to pray to
Allah to forgive the believers.
So it's not something weird, it's not a
bid'ah.
It's something beautiful, do it.
If the hadith is authentic or hasan, then
you will be extremely happy on the Day
of Judgment.
So now the same rule applies to these
4 rak'ahs, right?
The hadith that I shared here, some of
them they said it's da'if, hasan, sahih.
But we got a confirmation from Ali that
Rasulallah ﷺ used to pray 4 rak'ahs
before hasan, right?
So do them if you wish, and then
inshallah you'll be included in the mercy of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Before Maghrib, before Maghrib.
Now, not after Maghrib, what is after Maghrib
is?
What is highly recommended, part of the 12
rak'ahs.
Before Maghrib, we have 2 rak'ahs.
But before Maghrib, before Maghrib, the adhan, or
after the adhan?
What is your answer?
After the adhan.
Before Maghrib you are not supposed to pray
any nafila, right?
There is no nafila between Asr and Maghrib.
So you have to wait till the adhan
of Maghrib.
So between the adhan and the iqama, you
can pray 2 rak'ahs.
Not highly recommended, why?
Because Rasulallah ﷺ said in the hadith, look
at the terms used by Rasulallah ﷺ.
He used to say to the sahaba radhiallahu
anhu, صلوا قبل المغرب, صلوا قبل المغرب.
ثم قال في الثالثة صلوا قبل المغرب لمن
شاء.
So he said pray before Maghrib, pray before
Maghrib.
And then at the end he said, this
is for whoever wishes to pray.
So if you want to pray, do 2
rak'ahs.
In a different hadith, that is in Sahih
Mutafaq Alayh, he mentioned 2 rak'ahs.
He said صلوا ركعتين قبل المغرب, صلوا قبل
المغرب ركعتين.
And then he said لمن شاء, for whoever
wants, or wishes, or wills.
If you don't want, that's fine.
But they are not highly recommended, but they
are part of the recommended prayers during the
day before Maghrib.
Another 2 rak'ahs before Isha.
They are not highly recommended, but they are
part of the recommended prayers during the day.
Why?
Because Rasulallah ﷺ made a general statement.
He used this hadith as a proof that
we are supposed to do 2 rak'ahs
before, between Adhan and Iqama.
He said بين كل أذانين صلاة، ثم قال
في الثالثة لمن شاء.
بخاري المسلم، متفق عليه.
He said between every 2 calls to the
prayer or for the prayer.
2 calls, the Adhan and the Iqama.
For the prayer, there is As-Salah.
And then he said for him who wishes
to pray.
That means if you come inside the masjid,
pray Taheet al-Masjid only, that's okay, that's
fine.
That is your choice, you don't want to
do any Nafilah.
Or at home, you're praying at home between
Adhan and Iqama, you don't want to do
this Nafilah, that's fine.
Because Rasulallah ﷺ said they are optional for
him who wishes to pray.
So these are the Sunnah.
So we said 2 after Dhuhr, we add
them to the 6.
We do them after Dhuhr, that's 2.
4 before Asr, that's 6.
2 before Maghrib, that's 8.
And then 2 before Isha, 10.
So 10 plus 12, that would be 22.
But again, there is no restriction here.
We say 22, if you want to do
22, if you want to do more, that's
up to you.
If you want to stick to 12, that's
fine, that is your choice.
But the more you pray to Allah, what
did we say in the first halaqah?
You know we mentioned some ahadith, beautiful ahadith.
About the power of voluntary praise.
So the hadith of Thauban radiallahu anhu, when
he advised another tabi'i, he said, you
will never make a sajda for Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala one time except that Allah
will raise your rank in Jannah by one
degree.
Except that Allah will raise your rank in
Jannah by one degree and He will raise
one sin for you, for every sajda.
So when you do 2 rak'ahs, you
will be performing how many sajdas?
4 sajdas in every 2 rak'ahs.
So nothing is lost with Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
The more you pray, the more you get
closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala until
you become a wali of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
You know what is a wali?
As I said, the best translation that is
found there is close friend, even though I
say it with some reservation.
But when we talk about friendship, usually they
say, Ibrahim alayhi salam, Khalil ur Rahman, again
translated as close friend of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
But again, English will never fulfill the exact
meaning that is meant in the Arabic language.
But anyway, this is a translation.
So wali of Allah, someone who is under
the protection of Allah, someone who has a
close, very close relationship with Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
The more you keep doing nawafil, you get
this closer relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
Now what is the sunnah for Jum'ah
prayer?
Another confusion.
Another confusion.
Are we supposed to do two or four
after Jum'ah?
Now before Jum'ah, before Jum'ah yakhwan,
there is no specific sunnah, prescribed sunnah.
Why?
Because when Rasulallah ﷺ talked about Jum'ah
and about the excellence of those who go
early to Jum'ah, they take a bath
at home, take shower at home, and they
go early to Jum'ah.
He said, ثُمَّ صَلَّ مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ Then
he prayed whatever Allah has decreed for him
to pray.
Pray two, pray four.
Most of the people pray two.
When they come to the masjid, when they
come for Jum'ah, they do two rak
'ahs.
Which is fine.
Which is fine.
But Rasulallah ﷺ, he said, then he prayed,
مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ whatever Allah has decreed for
him to pray.
So there is no specific sunnah before Jum
'ah.
Pray two, pray four, six, eight, ten.
If you come one hour before Jum'ah,
before the imam, the khateeb comes to the
member, and you want to pray ten rak
'ahs, that's your choice.
Twenty rak'ahs, that's your choice.
But at least you pray two rak'ahs,
Tahiyyat al-Masjid.
At least, this is the minimum requirement, right?
Before you sit down, you pray Tahiyyat al
-Masjid.
This is for Jum'ah.
After Jum'ah, people are confused.
They keep asking this question, are we supposed
to pray four or two?
Now, we have a hadith, صحيحة.
إِن صَحِح مُسْلِمُ مَن كَانَ مُصَلِّيًّا بَعْدَ الْجُمْعَةِ
فَلْيُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا Whoever wants to pray after Jum
'ah, let him pray four rak'ahs.
This is the statement of Rasulallah ﷺ saying,
if you want to pray after Jum'ah,
do four rak'ahs, right?
Two by two.
But we have a hadith that he prayed
at home two rak'ahs.
So the ulema, they said, if you pray
at home, you do two rak'ahs.
If you do them at the masjid, pray
four.
But this is not a good solution.
Why?
Because Rasulallah ﷺ used to encourage Muslims to
do all the sunan at home, right?
So, there is another interpretation.
They said he encouraged Muslims to pray four
rak'ahs after Jum'ah, but he offered
two at home to show that it is
okay to do two.
To say like, either you do four or
you do two rak'ahs, both options are
fine.
He would sometimes ask, command the Muslims to
do something, but he would do something different
to show that it is permissible to do
it.
What I ask you to do is not
highly recommended.
It's not wajib.
Yeah, I mean, it's okay.
That's fine if you do two rak'ahs.
Because he himself offered two rak'ahs at
home.
So, either you pray two or four, that's
fine.
But if you want to follow his instruction
and his guidance, he said, if you want
to pray after Jum'ah, do four rak
'ahs.
And it's better to do them at home,
because that was his recommendation ﷺ.
You do them in the masjid, that's fine.
That is your choice.
And you will be rewarded for your nawafil,
voluntary prayers, inshallah.
Jazakumullahu khayran.
Barakallahu feekum.
We continue inshallah next week.
We'd like to talk about all the nawafil
prayers, inshallah.
Dhuha prayer, qiyam al-layl, what else?
Sunnah al-fudu.
So we'll try inshallah to include all these
prayers in this halaqat.
So maybe we need another two halaqat to
cover all these prayers.
If someone
missed prayers for years, right?
Yeah, you can do them at any time
you want.
No, try to avoid maybe this between fajr
and sunrise.
And try to avoid the time between asr
and maghrib.
And you can do them at any time.
And also, there are two ways of doing
them.
Some people, they add a faridah after every
faridah.
And this will be like you'll be doing
one fajr after fajr.
That's fine.
That's fine.
There's no problem with that.
If you do it this way, do them
this way.
If it is easier for you.
The ulama, they said you do whatever is
easy for you.
And you do another dhuha prayer after the
dhuha prayer.
And you do another asr prayer after asr
prayer.
But it is also permissible if you have
time at home, and you want to do
them like you do one day or two
days or three days at 10 o'clock
in the morning at home.
You have some time, you're staying at home
at 10 o'clock between 10 and 11.
Or in the afternoon between 3 and 4.
You want to pray one day or two
days or three days.
Like fajr, dhuhr, asr, maghrib and isha and
then another fajr.
That's fine.
That's okay.
Both ways are fine.
For those who missed prayers in the past.
We must come to the prayer.
The sunnah, if you do it at home,
that's fine and this is better.
But sometimes, for example, I have problem with
the sunnah prayer for fajr prayer.
I cannot do them at home.
Because if I do, I wait till fajr
prayer is in, I do them at home.
I'll miss my fajr prayer in the masjid.
So what I do, I come to the
masjid and I do them in the masjid.
Even though I prefer to do my sunnah
prayers at home.
But for fajr prayer, I cannot wait until.
So anyway, we encourage people to come early
for the salah.
But we cannot make it an obligation for
them to come 10 minutes before.
Yeah, if they come one minute before and
they catch the salah, they are fine.
And they will get the full reward of
salatul jama'a.
If they come one minute or 30 seconds
before salatul jama'a.
If you come to the masjid 30 seconds
before the iqama, right?
And you don't do tahiyyat al masjid.
And you start praying with the imam.
And this is what you are supposed to
do.
You are not going to be blamed for
missing tahiyyat al masjid.
Tahiyyat al masjid is sunnah, muakkadah.
It is a highly recommended sunnah.
But you are not going to get blamed
because this salah will suffice against tahiyyat al
masjid.
The purpose of tahiyyat al masjid is not
to sit down before you offer any salah.
So if you offer a nafilah prayer or
you offer the faridah prayer, there is no
need for tahiyyat al masjid, right?
You see what I am saying?
So whether you come 5 minutes or 10
minutes, of course if you come 10 minutes,
it is better.
Because you are going to pray sunnah, sit
down.
And usually, people when they sit down, wait
for the prayer.
They are in the state of prayer.
And you will be remembering Allah SWT, reading
Quran, making dhikr.
So you will be doing something good, right?
So it is better.
So the one who comes 10 minutes is
better than the one who comes 1 minute
or 2 minutes before.
But anyone who catches the salat al jama
'ah, he will get the reward of salat
al jama'ah with the imam and with
the congregation.
That is Allah SWT, tawfiq al jami'ah.
Yes, brother.
I will come to you.
Yeah, you can say that jum'ah is
an exception.
You can say jum'ah is an exception.
Because there is no specific, highly recommended sunnah
before jum'ah.
So there are two opinions about it.
Imam Malik and Abu Hanifa, they said if
you come to the masjid and the imam
is offering the khutbah, you don't pray.
You sit down and listen to the khutbah.
Imam Shafi'i and Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal,
they said tahiyyat al masjid has a specific
reason.
Regardless, even if the imam is on the
mimbar and you come inside the masjid, you
offer these two rak'ahs.
And this is the most correct opinion.
Why?
Because during the time of Rasulallah SAW, he
was offering the khutbah and someone came to
the masjid and he sat down without praying.
So Rasulallah SAW told him, stand up, offer
two rak'ahs very quickly.
Offer two light rak'ahs and then sit
down.
So what we are supposed to do when
we come to the masjid, we offer two
light rak'ahs.
Even if you do them with al-fatiha
only, without a surah.
That would be enough and it would be
better because you want to listen to the
imam.
So you combine between the two, inshallah.
You offer two light rak'ahs and you
start listening to the imam.
If you miss, for example, before dhuhr, the
four rak'ahs, you can do them after
dhuhr.
If you miss the sunnah before fajr, you
do them after fajr or after sunrise.
Right?
You're talking about the highly recommended.
The twelve rak'ahs, right?
If you miss them before dhuhr, you do
them after dhuhr.
Miss them before fajr, you do them after
fajr.
And the sisters, if you have a question,
you can ask, right?
Pardon?
Why people change the place?
Well, some ulama, they said it is mustahab.
Recommended based on the hadith that Rasulallah ﷺ,
you should create a gap between the faridah
and the sunnah prayer.
And the gap, this could be dhikr, could
be changing the place.
It's something recommended.
It's not highly confirmed, it's not highly recommended.
If you pray sunnah in your place, that's
fine.
But based on this hadith, some people prefer
to change the place.
Some of the ulama, they said, it's just
ijtihad, right?
Ijtihad.
So, they have their own interpretation.
It's an interpretation.
It was not confirmed by a hadith that
each place will testify for you on the
day of judgment.
It could be true.
Pardon?
Yeah, for praying 12 rak'ahs.
A new house.
For every 12 rak'ahs.
You are talking about a different world.
Jannah is something different.
Asking Allah to send you one here in
this life?
You don't have to buy?
This dunya will never be perfect.
So, you have to work for it hard.
And save money.
So, you can buy it in a halal
way, inshallah.
By the way, there could be a project.
A group of Muslim scholars working with the
credit union in Alberta.
About a project, inshallah, for halal mortgages.
So, hopefully we'll hear some news.
They're discussing it here in the parliament.
Here in Alberta.
And most likely it will be approved.
Most likely it will be approved.
We hope that, inshallah, this project will be
successful.
And we'll hear some news in December or
January, inshallah.
And the Muslims will be able to buy
houses in a halal way.
Yes?
Just a second.
Do you have questions here, sisters?
You don't have.
Okay.
Oh, at work?
At work, I said, if you don't have
time, yeah, do the faridah.
And it's okay.
But sunnah, you can make qada, right?
And you can, if you miss sunnah, sunnatul
dhuhr, for example.
Rasulallah, peace be upon him, missed it one
time.
He prayed it after asr.
You can pray it after asr or it
has specific reason.
Right?
Or after maghrib.
That's fine.
So, yes, you do the faridah if you
don't have time.
If you are restricted.
Yes?
That's right, yeah.
He used to take a quick nap after
he prays the sunnah of fajr.
And then goes to the masjid and pray
with the congregation.
So, the ulama had a discussion, a long
discussion about this nap.
Is it sunnah or not?
It's not confirmed.
We're not sure why he...
Some of them, they said maybe he was
tired and he used to take a quick
nap.
We cannot say, confirm that this is a
sunnah and we are supposed to do it.
But if you do it because you love
to follow the steps of Rasulallah, peace be
upon him, the lifestyle of Rasulallah, peace be
upon him, hopefully you'll be rewarded.
Most likely you'll be rewarded.
For trying your best to follow his lifestyle.
Yeah?
Right?
But it's not confirmed.
We cannot say for sure it's part of
the sunnah.
That you pray these two rak'ahs, sunnah
for fajr, you take a quick nap, and
then you go for salat al-fajr, right?
If you don't do it, that's fine.
Because we're not sure if it is part
of the sunnah or not.
Yes?
Can you keep quiet, please?
Please, boys?
Boys, Hamza?
Can you sit down?
Yes?
Pardon?
You ask, you go there and ask, without
praying the 12 rak'ahs?
You'll have a house in Jannah, there is
no doubt about it.
But you'll have many houses.
Because Allah SWT is talking about a kingdom,
not one house.
So you'll have, you'll have many houses.
But we do these things because we want
to expand our kingdom in Jannah.
We want to have thousands of houses in
Jannah.
So every day you are in a different
property.
Every week you are in a different place.
And most likely these places maybe will be
different.
Their design and their colors, maybe.
We have the freedom to imagine, right?
But whatever we imagine is different, what Allah
SWT has prepared for His servants, is beyond
our imagination, right?
Hadith Qudsi, right?
I have prepared for My servant what no
eyes have ever seen, no ear has ever
heard, and no heart has ever imagined.
Whatever you imagine, you have the freedom to
imagine, right?
To encourage yourself.
But whatever you imagine is beyond your imagination.
So you'll have your own houses, you'll have
your own kingdom in Jannah.
We just need to increase, we want to
increase the reward of Allah SWT in Jannah.
We want Allah SWT to give us more
in Jannah, right?
It's okay.
It's okay to be greedy about Al-Akhirah.
Be greedy about Al-Akhirah.
That's fine, right?
The more you are greedy about Al-Akhirah,
about the deeds of Al-Akhirah, you will
do more, by the will of Allah SWT.
And you will be a better person, a
better Muslim.
Jazakum Allah Khair.
I think we should finish here, it's 9
.06. So next week we continue inshallah with
the same program.
Jazakum Allah Khair, Mubarak Allah Fikir.