Is there evidence from the Sunnah specifying the number of rak'ahs in the obligatory prayers?
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The questioner : Is there evidence from the Sunnah specifying the number of rak'ahs in the obligatory prayers?
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : Fajr is two rak'ahs and Zuhr is four?
The Shaykh : This is a strange question.
First: The Sunnah indicates this explicitly. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said:.
Second: This is a matter of scholarly consensus. That is, if a person were to tell us that Fajr prayer could be three rak'ahs, he would be a disbeliever, because this is a denial of what is known necessarily from the religion of Islam. The number of rak'ahs in the prayers is a matter in which no one doubts.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What? What?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What is the source?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is the hadith of Aisha that I mentioned to you, and the consensus of the Muslims on it from the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to this day. Is the Muslim community in consensus on an error from the rise of Islam to today?! The one who doubts this, O young men, is a corrupter, because deep down he knows that this does not require seeking evidence. The practice of the Muslims has been this from that time to this day, and this is the greatest evidence. But beware of such people who bring you such questions. Beware of them and flee from them as you flee from death, or more so.
We ask Allah to protect the Muslims from the evil of such people. He is capable of all things. We conclude the session because the adhan has been called, and the recorder indicates that the time is over. May we meet again, if Allah wills, next week. And may Allah's peace and mercy and blessings be upon you.
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : Fajr is two rak'ahs and Zuhr is four?
The Shaykh : This is a strange question.
First: The Sunnah indicates this explicitly. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said:
The first time the prayer was made obligatory, it was two rak'ahs. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) emigrated, and the prayer of the resident was increased, while the prayer of the traveler remained on the original obligation.
أول ما فرضت الصلاة ركعتين، ثم هاجر النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم فزيد في صلاة الحضر وبقيت صلاة السفر على الفريضة الأولىSecond: This is a matter of scholarly consensus. That is, if a person were to tell us that Fajr prayer could be three rak'ahs, he would be a disbeliever, because this is a denial of what is known necessarily from the religion of Islam. The number of rak'ahs in the prayers is a matter in which no one doubts.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What? What?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What is the source?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is the hadith of Aisha that I mentioned to you, and the consensus of the Muslims on it from the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to this day. Is the Muslim community in consensus on an error from the rise of Islam to today?! The one who doubts this, O young men, is a corrupter, because deep down he knows that this does not require seeking evidence. The practice of the Muslims has been this from that time to this day, and this is the greatest evidence. But beware of such people who bring you such questions. Beware of them and flee from them as you flee from death, or more so.
We ask Allah to protect the Muslims from the evil of such people. He is capable of all things. We conclude the session because the adhan has been called, and the recorder indicates that the time is over. May we meet again, if Allah wills, next week. And may Allah's peace and mercy and blessings be upon you.