Combine Sunnah prayers
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brother i have 2
Q's for you 1:i jus wanted 2 know if u can pray 2 sunnah prayers together
is this allowed?say if u are late going to the mosque and you are just in time
for farz and u dont have enough time 2 pray sunnah is it ok 2 pray both the
sunnah prayers together after the farz? 2: when the dajjal (anti christ)comes
on earth will we all resurect?please get back to me asap on this shukran
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Answer:
Combine Sunnah
prayers
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Firstly, allow us to clarify what are the Farz, Sunnah,
and Nafl prayers.
Farz are duties or commands of
Allah and His Messenger (saws) which are obligatory on the believers. If these ‘farz’ duties are done, there is a
huge reward for doing them from Allah Subhanah; and if not done, there
will be a severe accounting and punishment.
Nafl are those prayers or rites
of worship which are voluntary. If one
offers these ‘nafl’ prayers or rites of worship, Allah Subhanah will bestow a
huge reward upon them. But if for any
reason, one does not offer the ‘nafl’, there is no sin.
What we call Sunnah, are the
‘nafl’ works which were done by the Prophet (saws). Thus, whatever ‘nafl’ or voluntary deeds the Messenger of Allah
(saws) did, become his (saws) Sunnah for us.
If one offers the ‘Sunnah’, he will receive a reward from Allah, and if one does not offer them, there will be no punishment.
Those Nafl or voluntary prayers
which the Messenger of Allah (saws) prayed regularly, became known as Sunnah or The Prophet’s (saws) Way for us. The Prophet (saws) regularly prayed two
rakahs before Fajr; four rakahs before Zuhr and two rakahs after Zuhr; two rakahs after Magrib; and two rakahs after Isha. A total of twelve rakahs of Nafl, which are Sunnah (or his way) for us.
He almost always prayed the
above twelve Nafl rakahs, and these
twelve rakahs are known as his Sunnah.
Other than that, all the extra prayers we pray will be
regarded as Nafl or voluntary prayers.
The Prophet (saws) exhorted the believers to make as much voluntary
prayers as one could, as this was a means of attaining nearness and the
Pleasure of Allah Subhanah, and a means
of attaining a high station in Paradise.
If one purposely and regularly does not pray his Sunnah or Nafl
prayers, there is no sin on him. The most we can say is that he lost the
opportunity to gain more reward from Allah Subhanah.
Q-1: i jus wanted 2 know
if u can pray 2 sunnah prayers together is this allowed?
One may pray as many voluntary
or ‘nafl’ prayers one wishes; and if
one wishes to pray the Sunnah prayers he has missed, there is absolutely no harm in doing so.
Q-2: say if u are late going to
the mosque and you are just in time for farz and u dont have enough time
2 pray sunnah is it ok 2 pray both the sunnah prayers together after the farz?
There is absolutely no harm if
one who has missed his Sunnah, and
wishes to pray them after the obligatory ‘fard’ prayers, to do so.
We have the life of this
transitory world, and then we will all
be resurrected again only on the actual Day of Resurrection to live a never
ending life. The Messenger of Allah
(saws) warned about the coming of the Dajjal before the end of time, and he will be sent as a severe trial to the
people of his time. Whoever is alive
on earth during that time, will be put
in a severe trial by Dajjal the Liar.
But it is an incorrect belief,
and against the teachings of the Messenger of Allah (saws) to believe that
everyone will be resurrected when the Dajjal will appear on this earth. The only time we all will be resurrected is
on the Actual Day of Resurrection, to
give a full accounting of our deeds done in the life of this world, and all will be Judged with Justice by the
All-Just Lord of the Worlds on that Inevitable Day.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 23 Surah Muminoon verses 12-16:
12 Man, We
did create from a quintessence (of clay);
13 Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a
place of rest firmly fixed;
14 Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed
blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then We made out of that lump
bones and clothed the bones with flesh; then We developed out of it another
creature: so blessed be Allah the Best to create!
15 After that at length ye will die.
16 Again on the Day of Resurrection will ye be
raised up.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 45 Surah Jathiyah verse 26: Say: "It is Allah Who gives you life, then gives you death; then He will gather you together for the Day
of Resurrection about which there is no doubt": but most men do not
understand.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
