The Prayer of the Penitent and the Ruling on Its Regular Performance
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Question:
Among the questions from this questioner is: What is the Prayer of the Penitent? Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regularly perform it, and what did he recite in it?
Answer:
The Prayer of the Penitent is the Dhuha prayer when the sun is high. This is the Prayer of the Penitent, when the sun is high. It is a recommended practice (sunnah) for everyone to pray the Dhuha prayer with two rak'ahs, and if one increases, there is no harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised Abu Hurayrah and advised Abu al-Darda' regarding the two rak'ahs of the Dhuha prayer, and he said, (peace and blessings be upon him):Riyad as-Salihin 1140 or as he said, (peace and blessings be upon him).
So he made the two rak'ahs stand in place of these acts of charity, and these glorifications and takbirs. Sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the Dhuha prayer with four rak'ahs, and sometimes he prayed it with eight, (peace and blessings be upon him). He prayed it with eight rak'ahs on the Day of the Conquest, with four taslims. Aisha said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1381Sahih (Darussalam) meaning: at some times, (peace and blessings be upon him).
He did not make it a regular habit, so as not to burden his Ummah. Rather, he would leave off an action while he loved to do it, out of fear of burdening his Ummah. But the verbal Sunnah indicates that being consistent with it and maintaining it is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah muakkadah). That he would maintain the Dhuha prayer is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah muakkadah) from the advice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for he advised regarding it, (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Among the questions from this questioner is: What is the Prayer of the Penitent? Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regularly perform it, and what did he recite in it?
Answer:
The Prayer of the Penitent is the Dhuha prayer when the sun is high. This is the Prayer of the Penitent, when the sun is high. It is a recommended practice (sunnah) for everyone to pray the Dhuha prayer with two rak'ahs, and if one increases, there is no harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised Abu Hurayrah and advised Abu al-Darda' regarding the two rak'ahs of the Dhuha prayer, and he said, (peace and blessings be upon him):
In the morning, charity is due on every joint bone of the body of everyone of you. Every utterance of Allah's Glorification (i.e., saying Subhan Allah) is an act of charity, and every utterance of His Praise (i.e., saying Al-hamdu lillah) is an act of charity and every utterance of declaration of His Greatness (i.e., saying La ilaha illAllah) is an act of charity; and enjoining M'aruf (good) is an act of charity, and forbidding Munkar (evil) is an act of charity, and two Rak'ah Duha prayers which one performs in the forenoon is equal to all this (in reward).
يصبح على كل سلامى من أحدكم صدقة، فكل تسبيحة صدقة، وكل تهليلة صدقة، وكل تحميدة صدقة، أمر بالمعروف صدقة، ونهي عن المنكر صدقة، ويكفي من ذلك ركعتان تركعهما من الضحىSo he made the two rak'ahs stand in place of these acts of charity, and these glorifications and takbirs. Sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed the Dhuha prayer with four rak'ahs, and sometimes he prayed it with eight, (peace and blessings be upon him). He prayed it with eight rak'ahs on the Day of the Conquest, with four taslims. Aisha said:
four (Rak’ah) and he would add whatever Allah willed
كان يصليها أربعًا، ويزيد ما شاء اللهHe did not make it a regular habit, so as not to burden his Ummah. Rather, he would leave off an action while he loved to do it, out of fear of burdening his Ummah. But the verbal Sunnah indicates that being consistent with it and maintaining it is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah muakkadah). That he would maintain the Dhuha prayer is a confirmed recommended practice (sunnah muakkadah) from the advice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for he advised regarding it, (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
Source
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