Is it permissible to pray voluntary prayers consisting of more than two rak'ahs with a single tashahhud?
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Al-'Uwaishah: May Allah preserve you. Regarding voluntary prayers that are more than two rak'ahs, for example, if one prays the Duha prayer, is it permissible for him, if Allah wills, to sit and recite the tashahhud, other than the final tashahhud in every two or every four rak'ahs, or only in the final one if it is with a single taslim?
The Shaykh : He may recite the tashahhud twice, and he may say the taslim twice, and he may recite the tashahhud only once. All of this is permissible, and the more one does of the work, the more reward one receives.
Al-'Uwaishah: For example, regarding four rak'ahs, if one prays eight together, and he recites the tashahhud in every four, if it is with a single taslim, is that acceptable?
The Shaykh : That is acceptable.
Al-'Uwaishah: Well, our Shaykh, what does this mean? Is it perhaps an induction from the texts, or what?
The Shaykh : No, it is not necessary that every form and every manner be explicitly stated in the texts; rather, it is derived from other texts that are similar to it. Yes.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, if someone missed the Sunnah before the Zuhr prayer and prayed the pre-Zuhr and post-Zuhr prayers as four post-Zuhr rak'ahs, is this method acceptable, considering the details you mention regarding the matter, whether he is shortening the prayer or not?
The Shaykh : He may recite the tashahhud twice, and he may say the taslim twice, and he may recite the tashahhud only once. All of this is permissible, and the more one does of the work, the more reward one receives.
Al-'Uwaishah: For example, regarding four rak'ahs, if one prays eight together, and he recites the tashahhud in every four, if it is with a single taslim, is that acceptable?
The Shaykh : That is acceptable.
Al-'Uwaishah: Well, our Shaykh, what does this mean? Is it perhaps an induction from the texts, or what?
The Shaykh : No, it is not necessary that every form and every manner be explicitly stated in the texts; rather, it is derived from other texts that are similar to it. Yes.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, if someone missed the Sunnah before the Zuhr prayer and prayed the pre-Zuhr and post-Zuhr prayers as four post-Zuhr rak'ahs, is this method acceptable, considering the details you mention regarding the matter, whether he is shortening the prayer or not?
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