What is the name of the prayer that is performed before Fajr, how is the recitation in it, how is the intention in it, and what is the number of its rak'ahs?
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The questioner:
I wake up before the Fajr prayer for a while and I want to pray. If I pray, what is the name of this prayer? How is the recitation in it? How is the intention? And how many rak'ahs are there? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
This prayer that is performed before Fajr is part of the night prayer?
The presenter:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
And this is a great time. And the last part of the night, the last third of the night, and before the dawn breaks, this is a great time, and it is the time of the Divine Descent, so you pray in it, and this prayer is called the night prayer, you conclude it with the witr, due to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) I have already prayed the witr before sleeping, so you are satisfied with the first witr, so the result is that the prayer in this time before the dawn breaks is from the night prayer, indeed it is the best of the night prayer,
The presenter:
What Allah willed. Yes. May Allah reward you with good. Yes.
The Shaykh:
You recite whatever is easy for you from the Qur'an, yes?
The questioner:
He asks about the intention, may Allah preserve you, about the intention, the rak'ahs?
The Shaykh:
The intention is that it is the night prayer, tahajjud, a voluntary prayer, and the number of rak'ahs has no limit, he prays whatever is easy for him, and the minimum is two rak'ahs.
The presenter:
What Allah willed, he prays two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, or is there another form, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
He prays two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and prays the witr with one if he did not pray the witr at the beginning of the night?
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good
I wake up before the Fajr prayer for a while and I want to pray. If I pray, what is the name of this prayer? How is the recitation in it? How is the intention? And how many rak'ahs are there? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
This prayer that is performed before Fajr is part of the night prayer?
The presenter:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
And this is a great time. And the last part of the night, the last third of the night, and before the dawn breaks, this is a great time, and it is the time of the Divine Descent, so you pray in it, and this prayer is called the night prayer, you conclude it with the witr, due to the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
They did not make the last of your prayer at night the witr, except that it be
لم يجعلوا آخر صلاتكم بالليل وترا، إلا أن تكونThe presenter:
What Allah willed. Yes. May Allah reward you with good. Yes.
The Shaykh:
You recite whatever is easy for you from the Qur'an, yes?
The questioner:
He asks about the intention, may Allah preserve you, about the intention, the rak'ahs?
The Shaykh:
The intention is that it is the night prayer, tahajjud, a voluntary prayer, and the number of rak'ahs has no limit, he prays whatever is easy for him, and the minimum is two rak'ahs.
The presenter:
What Allah willed, he prays two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, or is there another form, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
He prays two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs, and prays the witr with one if he did not pray the witr at the beginning of the night?
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما اسم الصلاة التي تكون قبل الفجر، وكيف تكون القراءة فيها، وكيف تكون النية فيها وعدد ركعاتها؟ — youtube.com
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