Qunut in the Secret Prayers and the Number of Rak'ahs in the Night Prayer
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is qunut (a supplication made standing in prayer) performed in the secret prayers when a calamity occurs? And is it said that the best in the night prayer is for it to be eleven rak'ahs (units of prayer)?
The Shaykh:
And he said: The prayer. Yes. Qunut is performed in all the prayers, in all the loud and secret prayers, until the calamity that has befallen is lifted. As for the second question.
The questioner:
Is it said that the best in the night prayer is for it to be eleven rak'ahs?
The Shaykh:
The matter is broad. If he wishes, he prays eleven rak'ahs; if he wishes, fewer; if he wishes, more. The matter is broad; there is no fixed limit. But if he does what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did, eleven or thirteen, that is the greatest in reward. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is qunut (a supplication made standing in prayer) performed in the secret prayers when a calamity occurs? And is it said that the best in the night prayer is for it to be eleven rak'ahs (units of prayer)?
The Shaykh:
And he said: The prayer. Yes. Qunut is performed in all the prayers, in all the loud and secret prayers, until the calamity that has befallen is lifted. As for the second question.
The questioner:
Is it said that the best in the night prayer is for it to be eleven rak'ahs?
The Shaykh:
The matter is broad. If he wishes, he prays eleven rak'ahs; if he wishes, fewer; if he wishes, more. The matter is broad; there is no fixed limit. But if he does what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did, eleven or thirteen, that is the greatest in reward. Yes.
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الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 019-كتاب الصلاة - 10- تكملة صلاة تطوع - 19-7-21 هـ — archive.org (1:14:37)
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