The Sunrise Prayer and the Duha Prayer
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The questioner:
The sunrise prayer, O Shaykh, the sunrise prayer. Hmm? Even if one is sitting, or walking after.
The Shaykh:
This is the early Duha prayer. This is the Duha prayer, called the Duha prayer. The common people call it the sunrise prayer.
The questioner:
But is it beautiful?
The Shaykh:
It is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the one who sits in the mosque. When the sun rises, he prays two rak'ahs.
The questioner:
But he has evidence for it.
The Shaykh:
It came in a hadith:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 6:1272 through multiple chains,
The sunrise prayer, O Shaykh, the sunrise prayer. Hmm? Even if one is sitting, or walking after.
The Shaykh:
This is the early Duha prayer. This is the Duha prayer, called the Duha prayer. The common people call it the sunrise prayer.
The questioner:
But is it beautiful?
The Shaykh:
It is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the one who sits in the mosque. When the sun rises, he prays two rak'ahs.
The questioner:
But he has evidence for it.
The Shaykh:
It came in a hadith:
There is no harm in it, it has
لا بأس به، له
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، كتاب الاعتكاف — islamhouse.com (11:33)
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