06-10-2007, 10:20 PM
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:assalam:
JazakALLAH brother.
Indeed the nafs is an immensely heavy thing to overcome.
According to Ahlu-sunnah wal Jamaah (this is not a sect as people commonly think...its kind of a nick name for the Prophet SAAW's ummah. It means the way of the Prophet SAAW and the way of his companions, the pious Suhaba-e-Karaam)
FAJAR = 2 sunnah + 2 farz
ZUHR = 4 sunnah + 4 farz + 2 sunnah
ASR = (2 or 4 sunnah ghair muaqqadah*) + 4 Farz
MAGHRIB = 3 Farz + 2 Sunnah
ISHA = 4 farz + 2 sunnah + an odd no. of witr (1 or 3...)
The Prophet SAAW used to say witr after saying tahajjud prayer in the last part of the night. According to a hadith in sahih Bukhari he used to say 12 rakah of tahajjud (2+2+2+2+2+2) and the one witr. This has been narrated by Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abbas (RAA)
* ghair muaqqadah are those sunnah which the Prophet SAAW did not do regularly. (Please someone correct me if I am wrong but this is the undestanding that i have after consulting some scholars.)
Brother this is what i know. If anyone thinks I have erred then please correct me.
And ALLAH (SWT) knows best.
Please remember me in your prayers to our Rabb, Allah (SWT)
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