Post by DarulTahqiq on Oct 25, 2017 10:51:00 GMT
A breakdown of the actual rak’ats with evidences:
Four rak’ats Sunna (ghayr mu’akkada) before the Fard Salah:
www.darultahqiq.com/four-rakats-isha-prayer-assessment-legitimacy/
Four Rak’ats Fard for Isha:
Jabir ibn Samura (ra) reported: The people of Kufa complained to Umar ibn al-Khattāb about Sa’id and they made a mention of his prayer. ‘Umar sent for him. He came to him. He (‘Umar) told him that the people had found fault with his prayer. He said: I lead them in prayer in accordance with the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). I make no decrease in it. I make them stand for a longer time in the first two (rak’ats) and shorten it in the last two. Upon this ‘Umar remarked: This is what I deemed of thee, O Abu Ishaq (Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 912)
Four Rak’ats after the Fard of Isha:
darulmaarif.com/a-forgotten-sunnah/
Three rak’ats Witr:
www.darultahqiq.com/hadith-proofs-for-the-hanafi-procedure-of-witr/
Two Rak’ats Nafl after Witr:
Umm Salamah (ra) narrates, “Verily the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) would pray two rak’ats after the witr.” (Jami al Tirmidhi, no.471 and Sunan Ibn Majah, no. 1195)
Four rak’ats Sunna (ghayr mu’akkada) before the Fard Salah:
www.darultahqiq.com/four-rakats-isha-prayer-assessment-legitimacy/
Four Rak’ats Fard for Isha:
Jabir ibn Samura (ra) reported: The people of Kufa complained to Umar ibn al-Khattāb about Sa’id and they made a mention of his prayer. ‘Umar sent for him. He came to him. He (‘Umar) told him that the people had found fault with his prayer. He said: I lead them in prayer in accordance with the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). I make no decrease in it. I make them stand for a longer time in the first two (rak’ats) and shorten it in the last two. Upon this ‘Umar remarked: This is what I deemed of thee, O Abu Ishaq (Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 912)
Four Rak’ats after the Fard of Isha:
darulmaarif.com/a-forgotten-sunnah/
Three rak’ats Witr:
www.darultahqiq.com/hadith-proofs-for-the-hanafi-procedure-of-witr/
Two Rak’ats Nafl after Witr:
Umm Salamah (ra) narrates, “Verily the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) would pray two rak’ats after the witr.” (Jami al Tirmidhi, no.471 and Sunan Ibn Majah, no. 1195)