Is it possible to perform other sunnat muakadah and prescribed nafl salah after congregation prayer between tawaf and its prayer? I completed 7 circuits of Tawaf then waited to pass makruh time... Print

Q: 78 – Title: Is it possible to perform other sunnat muakadah and prescribed nafl salah after congregation prayer between tawaf and its prayer? I completed 7 circuits of Tawaf then waited to pass makruh time...

Question

Is it possible to perform other sunnat muakadah and prescribed nafl salah after congregation prayer  between tawaf and its prayer?  I completed  7 circuits of Tawaf then waited to pass makruh time(after asr ) and after offering maghrib farz salah I offered sunnat Muakadah and 2 rak'at nafl of maghrib in Massa(safa marwa) corridor.

Thereafter I went behind maqam e ibrahim and prayed salat al tawaf. Is it correct or makruh? As I delayed just a few  minutes to offer Sunnah/nafl of maghrib and to reach behind maqam e ibrahim.

Answer

Assalamu `alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabrakatuh,

It is sunnat to perform the wajib two rakas after tawaf immediately after the tawaf. To delay the wajib rakats salah after tawaf is makruh. (Mu`allimatul hujjaj, Pg 152, Idaratul Qur’aan)

However if it is the makruh times of salah, for example sunrise, midday and sunset, then the two rakats wajib salah after tawaf should be delayed until after the makruh times.(ibid.)

You were correct to delay the two rakats wajib salah until after the maghrib salah.

It would be better for you to have performed the two rakat wajib salah after the maghrib salah and before the sunnats of maghrib salah.

To perform the wajib salah after tawaf by the maqam Ibrahim is desirable. (ibid)

However, preference will be given to performing the wajib salah immediately after the maghrib salah as that is sunnah.

In principle, a sunnat will be preferred over a Mustahab act. (ibid)

And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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