The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The first thing for which a servant will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection is the prescribed prayer. If he has perfected it, otherwise it will be said: ‘Look to see if he has any voluntary prayer…’
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The questioner : The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1425Da’if (Darussalam) I am asking about voluntary prayer, and I say: Does it include the Sunnah and the Nawafil, or only the Nawafil? I hope for your guidance, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : Voluntary prayer includes the regular Sunnah prayers attached to the five daily prayers, the independent Sunnah prayers tied to a specific time such as Witr and the Duha prayer, and the absolute Sunnah prayers that are not restricted by time or number. All of these are voluntary prayers that complete the obligatory prayers on the Day of Resurrection.
When we say the regular Sunnah prayers attached to the five daily prayers, this is a generalization because the Asr prayer does not have a regular Sunnah. The regular Sunnah prayers are for Fajr, Zuhr, Maghrib, and Isha, and they are twelve rak'ahs: two rak'ahs before Fajr, four rak'ahs before Zuhr with two taslims and two rak'ahs after it, making six rak'ahs for Zuhr, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and two rak'ahs after Isha. These are twelve rak'ahs; whoever prays them in a day, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O honorable Shaykh.
The first thing for which the Muslim will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be the prescribed prayers. If they are complete, all well and good, otherwise it will be said: ‘Look and see whether he has any voluntary prayers.’ If he has any voluntary prayers, his prescribed prayers will be completed from his voluntary prayers. Then the same will be done with regard to all his obligatory deeds.
أول ما يحاسب به العبد المسلم يوم القيامة هو الصلاة المكتوبة ، فإن أتمها وإلا قيل انظروا هل له من تطوع ؟ فإن كان له تطوع أكملت الفريضة من تطوعه ، ثم يفعل بسائر الأعمال المفروضة مثل ذلكThe Shaykh : Voluntary prayer includes the regular Sunnah prayers attached to the five daily prayers, the independent Sunnah prayers tied to a specific time such as Witr and the Duha prayer, and the absolute Sunnah prayers that are not restricted by time or number. All of these are voluntary prayers that complete the obligatory prayers on the Day of Resurrection.
When we say the regular Sunnah prayers attached to the five daily prayers, this is a generalization because the Asr prayer does not have a regular Sunnah. The regular Sunnah prayers are for Fajr, Zuhr, Maghrib, and Isha, and they are twelve rak'ahs: two rak'ahs before Fajr, four rak'ahs before Zuhr with two taslims and two rak'ahs after it, making six rak'ahs for Zuhr, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and two rak'ahs after Isha. These are twelve rak'ahs; whoever prays them in a day, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O honorable Shaykh.