The increase beyond eleven rak'ahs in the night prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 1277. Is this not a refutation of those who say that we do not increase in the night prayer beyond eleven rak'ahs, neither in Ramadan nor at other times?
Answer:
Is there not a refutation? The Messenger did not specify a limit. What he specified was the command and encouragement for standing in night prayer, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not set a specific number. So how can we set a limit when the Messenger did not? As for him (peace and blessings be upon him), yes, he would pray eleven or thirteen rak'ahs and not exceed that, and this was specific to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
In the last part: Pray as much as you like
جوف الليل الآخر فصل ما شئتAnswer:
Is there not a refutation? The Messenger did not specify a limit. What he specified was the command and encouragement for standing in night prayer, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not set a specific number. So how can we set a limit when the Messenger did not? As for him (peace and blessings be upon him), yes, he would pray eleven or thirteen rak'ahs and not exceed that, and this was specific to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 74 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|أن أفضل التطوع مثنى مثنى|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:54)
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