The virtue of maintaining the regular voluntary prayers, and the clarification that the regular voluntary prayers are more emphasized than the other voluntary prayers
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The Shaykh : Among the matters that a person should maintain from the voluntary prayers are the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory prayers. The regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory prayers. And we make the brother, the brother, what are the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory prayers? No, the young man.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : How many are these? Twelve. No, twelve. You said two rak'ahs before Fajr, two rak'ahs before Dhuhr, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs before 'Asr, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and two rak'ahs after 'Isha'. How many are these?
The student: Fourteen.
The Shaykh : How many are these? Twelve. Good.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Good. The answer from the second one says: two rak'ahs before Fajr, four rak'ahs before Dhuhr, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and two rak'ahs after 'Isha, and he dropped the two rak'ahs before 'Asr. So, who is correct, the first one or the second one? The correct one is the second one. The correct one is the second one. As for the two rak'ahs before 'Asr, they fall under the generality of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 185Sahih (Darussalam) But they are not counted as a regular voluntary prayer. The regular voluntary prayers are more emphasized than the absolute voluntary prayers. For this reason, it came in the hadith: Bulugh al-Maram 2:264 Then he said regarding the third one: out of dislike for people to take it as a regular practice, meaning a regular voluntary prayer. So, the voluntary prayers differ; some are regular and some are not. So, we maintain twelve rak'ahs: two rak'ahs before Fajr, four rak'ahs before Dhuhr with two salams and two rak'ahs, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and two rak'ahs after 'Isha. The two rak'ahs before Fajr are distinguished. The two rak'ahs before Fajr are distinguished.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : How many are these? Twelve. No, twelve. You said two rak'ahs before Fajr, two rak'ahs before Dhuhr, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs before 'Asr, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and two rak'ahs after 'Isha'. How many are these?
The student: Fourteen.
The Shaykh : How many are these? Twelve. Good.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Good. The answer from the second one says: two rak'ahs before Fajr, four rak'ahs before Dhuhr, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and two rak'ahs after 'Isha, and he dropped the two rak'ahs before 'Asr. So, who is correct, the first one or the second one? The correct one is the second one. The correct one is the second one. As for the two rak'ahs before 'Asr, they fall under the generality of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
