If one prays four rak'ahs before 'Asr, does he sit in two sittings? And are they prayed as four connected rak'ahs or two by two?
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The questioner : My Shaykh, regarding the one who wants to pray four rak'ahs before the 'Asr prayer, does he sit in two sittings, meaning a middle sitting and a final sitting?
The Shaykh : That is the preferred practice.
The questioner : That is the preferred practice. And also, as I mentioned regarding the prayer of tasbih, meaning? Meaning we say, Shaykh, we take the rule: the prayer for which a text specifies four rak'ahs, we sit in it, and the one for which no text came, we pray it two by two?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not a condition that a text must specify four; rather,Sunan Abi Dawud 1295Sahih (Al-Albani) is this rule.
The questioner : Meaning, this four-rak'ah prayer before 'Asr is prayed two by two?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, we understand that the preferred practice is four connected rak'ahs, Shaykh? Can we say the same for the four rak'ahs of 'Asr?
The Shaykh : Yes, you may.
The questioner : Connected is better.
The student : And a tashahhud in the middle.
The questioner : And a tashahhud in the middle, yes, but sometimes, as you say, a person enters the mosque.
The student : ... is better, meaning the issue of two by two, is that not so?
Another student : The madhhab of the people of hadith.
Another student : The Shaykh said in his statement when he answered that the preferred practice is the transmitted text:Sunan Abi Dawud 1295Sahih (Al-Albani), and for the one where the text specifies four, we said now we asked him about it, is four better? He said ... this statement is correct.
Another student :Jami` at-Tirmidhi 430Hasan (Darussalam).
The Shaykh : A man.
The student : Here, the four, Shaykh, is it to indicate the number or to indicate the manner and form as well?
The Shaykh : To indicate the number.
The student : The number. So it remains on the general principleSunan Ibn Majah 1319Sahih (Darussalam), and he prays it two by two?
The Shaykh : That is the preferred practice.
The questioner : That is the preferred practice. And also, as I mentioned regarding the prayer of tasbih, meaning? Meaning we say, Shaykh, we take the rule: the prayer for which a text specifies four rak'ahs, we sit in it, and the one for which no text came, we pray it two by two?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not a condition that a text must specify four; rather,
Prayer by night and day should consist of pairs of rak'ahs.
صلاة الليل والنهار مثنى مثنىThe questioner : Meaning, this four-rak'ah prayer before 'Asr is prayed two by two?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, we understand that the preferred practice is four connected rak'ahs, Shaykh? Can we say the same for the four rak'ahs of 'Asr?
The Shaykh : Yes, you may.
The questioner : Connected is better.
The student : And a tashahhud in the middle.
The questioner : And a tashahhud in the middle, yes, but sometimes, as you say, a person enters the mosque.
The student : ... is better, meaning the issue of two by two, is that not so?
Another student : The madhhab of the people of hadith.
Another student : The Shaykh said in his statement when he answered that the preferred practice is the transmitted text:
Prayer by night and day should consist of pairs of rak'ahs.
صلاة الليل والنهار مثنى مثنىAnother student :
May Allah have mercy upon a man who prays four before Al-Asr
رَحِمَ الله امرأً صلى قبل العصر أربعThe Shaykh : A man.
The student : Here, the four, Shaykh, is it to indicate the number or to indicate the manner and form as well?
The Shaykh : To indicate the number.
The student : The number. So it remains on the general principle
The night prayer is (to be offered) two by two.
صلاة الليل مثنى مثنى
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