What do you say about the Dhuha prayer?
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The questioner : This questioner asks, "What do you say, O honorable Shaykh, about the Dhuha prayer?"
The Shaykh : We say regarding the Dhuha prayer what the evidence has made clear to us: that it is a recommended practice (sunnah).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : A recommended practice (sunnah) always.
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on this, but what I see is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) always, to be performed by a person every day. Because even if there were no benefit to it other than that it suffices for the charities that are due on every joint of a person every day the sun rises, for every day the sun rises, every member of a person’s body is due a charity. It is said that a person has three hundred and sixty joints, and every joint requires a charity from it every day the sun rises, as established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But it is not a charity of wealth only, rather it is a charity of wealth and other things. In every glorification (tasbih) is a charity, in every exaltation (tahliyah) is a charity, in every praise (tahmid) is a charity, in every magnification (takbir) is a charity, enjoining good is a charity, forbidding evil is a charity, helping a man with his burdens is a charity, removing a harmful object from the road is a charity, every word that brings one closer to Allah is a charity, every deed that brings one closer to Allah is a charity, a pleasant face is a charity, and good character is a charity. All of these are charities, every good deed, until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1006 meaning that if a man comes to his wife, it is a charity. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, does one of us get reward for fulfilling his desire?" He said: Sahih Ibn Hibban 16:141 Sahih Muslim 1006.
Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed in another hadith:Sahih Muslim 720 So if there were no benefit to maintaining the Dhuha prayer other than this hadith, it would be sufficient. So I see that a person should continue with it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : We say regarding the Dhuha prayer what the evidence has made clear to us: that it is a recommended practice (sunnah).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : A recommended practice (sunnah) always.
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on this, but what I see is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) always, to be performed by a person every day. Because even if there were no benefit to it other than that it suffices for the charities that are due on every joint of a person every day the sun rises, for every day the sun rises, every member of a person’s body is due a charity. It is said that a person has three hundred and sixty joints, and every joint requires a charity from it every day the sun rises, as established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But it is not a charity of wealth only, rather it is a charity of wealth and other things. In every glorification (tasbih) is a charity, in every exaltation (tahliyah) is a charity, in every praise (tahmid) is a charity, in every magnification (takbir) is a charity, enjoining good is a charity, forbidding evil is a charity, helping a man with his burdens is a charity, removing a harmful object from the road is a charity, every word that brings one closer to Allah is a charity, every deed that brings one closer to Allah is a charity, a pleasant face is a charity, and good character is a charity. All of these are charities, every good deed, until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
and in man's sexual Intercourse (with his wife, ) there is a Sadaqa
وفي بُضْع أحدكم صدقةDid you not see that if he placed it in what is forbidden, would he bear a sin?
أرأيتم لو وضعها في الحرام أكان عليه وزرSimilarly, if he were to devote it to something lawful, he should have a reward.
قال فكذلك إذا وضعها في الحلال كان له أجرThen the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed in another hadith:
and two rak'ahs which one prays in the forenoon will suffice.
أنه يجزئ عن ذلك ركعتان يركعهما من الضحىThe questioner : May Allah bless you.