Does one receive the reward of the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) if one is lazy about performing them for a day or two?
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Question:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the reward associated with performing the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) contingent upon maintaining them consistently? If a person is lazy about them for a day or two, does he still fall within the scope of the reward?
Answer:
The sunnahs and voluntary prayers are of two types: confirmed sunnahs, which one maintains, such as the rawatib accompanying the obligatory prayers, except during travel. One maintains these, except for the rawatib of Fajr, which is not left, neither in residence nor in travel. As for the other rawatib, during travel, if one shortens the prayer, one does not perform the rawatib. As for everything else, one maintains the rawatib along with the obligatory prayers.
These are confirmed sunnahs. One also maintains the witr, which is a confirmed sunnah. As for the unconfirmed ones, it is permissible to leave them; if one leaves them, he has no reward, but if he performs them, he has a reward. The recommended (mustahabb) is that for which the doer is rewarded and the leaver is not punished. Yes.
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the reward associated with performing the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) contingent upon maintaining them consistently? If a person is lazy about them for a day or two, does he still fall within the scope of the reward?
Answer:
The sunnahs and voluntary prayers are of two types: confirmed sunnahs, which one maintains, such as the rawatib accompanying the obligatory prayers, except during travel. One maintains these, except for the rawatib of Fajr, which is not left, neither in residence nor in travel. As for the other rawatib, during travel, if one shortens the prayer, one does not perform the rawatib. As for everything else, one maintains the rawatib along with the obligatory prayers.
These are confirmed sunnahs. One also maintains the witr, which is a confirmed sunnah. As for the unconfirmed ones, it is permissible to leave them; if one leaves them, he has no reward, but if he performs them, he has a reward. The recommended (mustahabb) is that for which the doer is rewarded and the leaver is not punished. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2643- 4717] هل ينال أجر السنن الرواتب من تكاسل عن الإتيان بها يوم أو يومين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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