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Question 121) - What are the words of Azan?
A: [Allaah is the greatest] * [I testify that there is no Illah but Allaah] * [I testify that Muhammed is the Rasul of Allaah] * [Come to Prayer] * [Come to success] * [Allah is the greatest] * [There is no Illah but Allaah].
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Question 120) - What is the ruling of Azan in Shari'ah?
A. Azan is Sunnah Muakkadah for the five Salah and Jumu'ah and for no other Salah. It has no Shar'i basis for the two Eids Sunan, Nafl; Istisqa [Drought Prayer] or Eclipse Prayer.
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What do you say about Nafl after dawn and before Salatul Fajr? |
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Question 118) - What do you say about Nafl after dawn and before Salatul Fajr?
A: Beyond the two Sunnah Rak'at any Nafl before Fajr is Makruh. 21
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What do you say about Nafl after sunset and before Salatul Maghrib? |
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Question 119) - What do you say about Nafl after sunset and before Salatul Maghrib?
A: One should not make Nafl after sunset, but should hasten to perform Maghrib. 22
21 - Nafl means extra and is applied here to anything besides Fard because it is extra to Fard, hence it encompasses Sunnah Muakkadah [emphasized] and
others.
22 - The Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam said thrice, "Pray before Salatul Maghrib." At the third time he added, "whoever wants to." He disliked that the
people should regard it as Sunnah. Narrated by al-Bukhari in his Kitabut Tahajjud under the Chapter of Salah before Maghrib. The Hadith is clear that
there is a Shar'i basis for Nafl before Maghrib but that it is not Sunnah Muakkadah. Ibn Qudamah said in al Mughni [766/1], "The apparent opinion of Ahmad
is that the two Rak'at art allowed but not Sunnah."
We see the people in two groups on this issue. One group prays it and does not leave it ever. Others never pray it and regard it as insignificant. This it
extremism and overstepping the bounds. The first group's actions show that they are making it Muakkadah which is never left out. This contradict
Rasulullaah's Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam?s words, "...whoever wants to." He said it that it not be construed as Sunnah. The other group make as if Nafl
before Maghrib is absolutely forbidden in the severest of terms. They will never pray it, no matter how much time is available when waiting for the Imam.
This is especially true in the Haramayn where the Imams come to the Musallis some time after the Azan, so that if anyone wishes to pray in that time he
may do so. What harm is there to pray the two Rak'at in that free time sometimes and leave it out the next time? What is mentioned in some Hanafi books
about it being Makruh to pray Nafl before Maghrib refers to lengthening it and stretching the time between Azan and Iqamah. If it is a short time and one
prays two short Rak'at then it is not Makruh. Ash-Shami said in Raddul Muhtar ~252/1' and he noted in al-fath and affirmed in Halabah al-Mujalla the
commentary of Munyatul Musalli and al-Bahr, "When time is allowed for the two Rak'a (and) it is a short time, so to pray it is allowed."
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Can he pray Janazah or Sajah at-Tilaawah in these two times? |
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Question 117) - Can he pray Janazah or Sajah at-Tilaawah in these two times?
A: Yes, it is permissible.
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