Is it permissible to shorten the first sunnahs of four rak’ahs as two rak’ahs in order to catch up with the congregation?
Submitted by on Thu, 23/05/2024 - 15:35
Dear Brother / Sister,
What should one do if a fard prayer with congregation starts while he is performing a sunnah prayer?
In that case, he should complete it as two rak’ahs and join the congregation. He cannot follow the imam before finishing two rak’ahs. If it is the sunnah of the noon prayer, he should perform the sunnah prayer as qada after the fard as four rak’ahs. In addition, he should perform the last sunnah as two rak’ahs. The first two-prayer rak’ah is regarded as a nafilah prayer. If it is the sunnah of the afternoon prayer or night prayer, the sunnah prayer is not performed as qada after the fard prayer.
However, some sources state that a person who cannot perform the first sunnah of the night prayer can perform its qada after the last sunnah of the night prayer if he wishes.
Questions on Islam
- Why do we read salli-barik prayers in the first sitting of the first sunnah of the afternoon and night salahs? In case of forgetting to read them, do we have to make sajda as-sahw?
- Is it permissible to perform the sunnah prayers of the afternoon and night prayers as two rak’ahs?
- Why do we need to read Subhanaka supplication when we stand up for the third rak’ah after the first sitting when we perform the sunnah prayers of the afternoon (asr) and night (isha) prayers?
- Can the places of the fard and sunnah prayers be changed? Is it permissible to perform the sunnah first and fard after that?
- It is said that the Prophet (pbuh) prayed only eight rak’ahs of tarawih. Why do we pray twenty rak’ahs?
- Is it permissible to perform only the fards of the daily prayers and to abandon the sunnahs?
- Is a person who utters takbir only before the time period for a prayer ends regarded to have caught that prayer?
- What are the hadiths related to sunnah/nafilah prayers and their virtues?
- Is it permissible to perform the last sunnahs of the noon and night prayers as four rak’ahs?
- How is Tarawih Prayer Performed?
