What is the prayer of the awabin?
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The Shaykh :01:01:31
Some people believe that the prayer of the awabin is the prayer after Maghrib. Is this correct? The answer is that this
is invalid because it contradicts the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The prayer of the awabin is when the young camels are scorched by the heat." This means that
the prayer of the awabin being after Maghrib is invalid because it contradicts his saying (peace be upon him): "The prayer of the awabin is when the young camels are scorched by the heat."
What is this prayer? It is the Dhuha prayer, which is performed when the earth begins to become intensely hot,
so that the young camel, the offspring of the she-camel, cannot stand on it, because its hoof is still soft and tender and cannot withstand the heat
of the earth. It jumps and retreats to the shade. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described to the Arabs what they see and know. So I say that the
Dhuha prayer is the prayer of the awabin, and its time is when the young camels are scorched by the heat. As for the prayer that they perform after Maghrib
and after the Sunnah of Maghrib, calling it by this name is invalid because it contradicts this authentic hadith, and performing it is a religious innovation because this
prayer after the Sunnah of Maghrib is not established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as two rak'ahs, or four rak'ahs, or six
rak'ahs. So adhering to it and praying it on the basis that it is the prayer of the awabin is not part of the Sunnah in any way. But
the Muslim, after he prays the post-Maghrib Sunnah, has the right to pray as many rak'ahs as he wishes without a specific limit until
the Adhan for Isha.
The questioner:
Why is it called the prayer of the awabin?
The Shaykh:
It is the Dhuha prayer, because it is for the few people who repent to Allah and return to Him from their sins.
Some people believe that the prayer of the awabin is the prayer after Maghrib. Is this correct? The answer is that this
is invalid because it contradicts the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The prayer of the awabin is when the young camels are scorched by the heat." This means that
the prayer of the awabin being after Maghrib is invalid because it contradicts his saying (peace be upon him): "The prayer of the awabin is when the young camels are scorched by the heat."
What is this prayer? It is the Dhuha prayer, which is performed when the earth begins to become intensely hot,
so that the young camel, the offspring of the she-camel, cannot stand on it, because its hoof is still soft and tender and cannot withstand the heat
of the earth. It jumps and retreats to the shade. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described to the Arabs what they see and know. So I say that the
Dhuha prayer is the prayer of the awabin, and its time is when the young camels are scorched by the heat. As for the prayer that they perform after Maghrib
and after the Sunnah of Maghrib, calling it by this name is invalid because it contradicts this authentic hadith, and performing it is a religious innovation because this
prayer after the Sunnah of Maghrib is not established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as two rak'ahs, or four rak'ahs, or six
rak'ahs. So adhering to it and praying it on the basis that it is the prayer of the awabin is not part of the Sunnah in any way. But
the Muslim, after he prays the post-Maghrib Sunnah, has the right to pray as many rak'ahs as he wishes without a specific limit until
the Adhan for Isha.
The questioner:
Why is it called the prayer of the awabin?
The Shaykh:
It is the Dhuha prayer, because it is for the few people who repent to Allah and return to Him from their sins.
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