The virtue of maintaining four rak'ahs before the midday prayer and four after it
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Question:
And half of the matter is not as the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “Allah the Exalted intended for a person five rak'ahs, so let three of them be in it, fourteen rak'ahs.”
Answer:
No, there is no report regarding one who maintains four before the midday prayer and four after it; so this is a special virtue specific to the regular voluntary prayers attached to the midday prayer.
And half of the matter is not as the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “Allah the Exalted intended for a person five rak'ahs, so let three of them be in it, fourteen rak'ahs.”
Answer:
No, there is no report regarding one who maintains four before the midday prayer and four after it; so this is a special virtue specific to the regular voluntary prayers attached to the midday prayer.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 61 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الصلاة/صلاة التطوع/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:56)
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