Ruling on Abandoning Voluntary Prayers and Recommended Practices
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Question:
Is abandoning the verbal and physical sunnahs considered a punishment for which a person is punished, especially standing in night prayer or the witr prayer? For I often leave off the night prayer and the witr prayer, so is there anything required of me for that?
Answer:
The correct view is that you owe nothing. The correct view is that it is a voluntary prayer, yes. But one should be consistent in performing it and not be lax, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and what about the rest of the verbal sunnahs?
The Shaykh: They are all voluntary. The obligatory prayers are five: the midday prayer, the afternoon prayer, the sunset prayer, the night prayer, and the dawn prayer, with the Friday prayer taking the place of the midday prayer. As for the sunnah of the forenoon prayer, the late-night voluntary prayer, and the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones, they are all voluntary. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. Do you have a word about their benefits, O Shaykh Abdulaziz? The benefits of the voluntary prayers?
The Shaykh : The voluntary prayers have a great status. They carry a great reward, and they complete what is lacking in the obligatory prayer, and this is a great benefit. Their performer receives great rewards and many good deeds, and with them, any deficiency that may occur in the obligatory prayers is made up. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. Another word as well, or shall we move on to another message?
The Shaykh : That is enough, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Is abandoning the verbal and physical sunnahs considered a punishment for which a person is punished, especially standing in night prayer or the witr prayer? For I often leave off the night prayer and the witr prayer, so is there anything required of me for that?
Answer:
The correct view is that you owe nothing. The correct view is that it is a voluntary prayer, yes. But one should be consistent in performing it and not be lax, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and what about the rest of the verbal sunnahs?
The Shaykh: They are all voluntary. The obligatory prayers are five: the midday prayer, the afternoon prayer, the sunset prayer, the night prayer, and the dawn prayer, with the Friday prayer taking the place of the midday prayer. As for the sunnah of the forenoon prayer, the late-night voluntary prayer, and the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones, they are all voluntary. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. Do you have a word about their benefits, O Shaykh Abdulaziz? The benefits of the voluntary prayers?
The Shaykh : The voluntary prayers have a great status. They carry a great reward, and they complete what is lacking in the obligatory prayer, and this is a great benefit. Their performer receives great rewards and many good deeds, and with them, any deficiency that may occur in the obligatory prayers is made up. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. Another word as well, or shall we move on to another message?
The Shaykh : That is enough, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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