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The five prayers: rak'at and recitation

الصلوات الخمس: عدد الركعات والجهر والإسرار

How many rak'at each prayer has, which are recited aloud, and the Sunnah prayers before and after them.

Sahih

The number of rak'at of the five prayers is agreed by consensus, as Ibn al-Mundhir reports: two for Fajr, four for Dhuhr, 'Asr and 'Isha', three for Maghrib. The recitation is aloud in all of Fajr and in the first two rak'ahs of Maghrib and 'Isha', and quiet in the rest; reciting aloud where it should be quiet, or the reverse, misses the Sunnah but the prayer is valid.

The Sunnah prayers in the table are the twelve rak'at of Umm Habiba's hadith, which earn a house in Paradise. The schools recommend others besides; they are not listed here.

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The five prayers

PrayerRak'atSunnah beforeRecitationSunnah after
Fajr22aloud (Fajr: both; Maghrib, ’Isha’: the first two)—
Dhuhr44quiet2
'Asr4—quiet—
Maghrib3—aloud (Fajr: both; Maghrib, ’Isha’: the first two)2
'Isha'4—aloud (Fajr: both; Maghrib, ’Isha’: the first two)2

Evidence

Sahih

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 415

Grades
GraderVerdict
Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahih (Sahih)
Al-AlbaniSahih (Sahih)
Bashar Awad MaaroufHasan Sahih (Hasan)
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih (Sahih)
Full narration

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ، - هُوَ ابْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ صَلَّى فِي يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ ثِنْتَىْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً بُنِيَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَدِيثُ عَنْبَسَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ ‏.‏

Umm Habibah narrated that Allah's Messenger (S) sad:"Whoever prays twelve Rak'ah in a day and night, a house will be built from him in Paradise: Four Rak'ah before Zuhr, two Rak'ah after it, two Rak'ah after Maghrib, two Rak'ah after Isha, and two Rak'ah before Fajr in the morning Salat

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