1. NAFL SALAT
Fiqh 3

2. WHAT IS NAFL?
The original meaning of the word
is “Bounty”
Also known as ‫تطوع‬

3. IMPORTANCE
They are prayed to make up for
any deficiencies left in the Fardh
prayer

4. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUNNAH AND NAFL
 Sunnah prayers are higher in status than Nafl
 Nafl prayers are the extra that you can pray in
permitted times
 Sunnah prayers are of 2 types

5. T YPES OF SUNNAH
Confirmed Sunnah
Non-confirmed Sunnah

6. CONFIRMED SUNNAH
 2 before Fajr
 4 before Zuhr, and 2 after
 2 After Maghreb

7. NON-CONFIRMED SUNNAH
2 after Zuhr*/ 4 after Friday
4 before Asr
2 before Maghreb
2 before Isha

8. Whoever prays 12 rakah in a day
will have a house built for him in
paradise

9. CONFIRMED SUNNAH
 The Prophet of Allaah never left praying 2
before Fajr and 4 before Zuhr under any
circumstance –Ahmed and alBukhari)
 Sometimes the Prophet prayed 2/4 before
Zuhr (house/masjed)

10. CONFIRMED SUNNAH
If the Prophet of Allaah missed his
Sunnah, he’d pray them afterwards
Surahs to recite in Fajr and Maghreb
Sunnah

11. NON-CONFIRMED SUNNAH
 The Prophet of Allah told people to pray before
Maghreb…. For whoever wished to do so
 Between every adhan and the iqamah, there is a
prayer for…
 Obligatory and Sunnah prayers need to be
separated…

12. NAWAFIL
 One is allowed to pray nawafil while sitting
Types of Nawafil:
Witr-Tahajjud
Tahiyatul Masjed
Tahiyatul Wudhu
Dhuha
Ishraaq
Qiyaamul Layl-Taraweeh

13. WITR
.. The Night Prayer ..

14. HIGHLY
ENCOURAGED
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The time for Witr is after Isha up till Fajr
Best to pray during the middle of the night

15. RECITATION
DURING WITR
• Sometimes audible, sometines inaudible
• Better to delay witr unless..

16. NO. OF RAKAH
• Odd no.
• 5 or 7 or 9 in one go
• This is a different hadeeth from the
sets of two

17. QUNOOT
Sunnah in witr
Prohibition of two witr in one
night
Sunnah to make up witr prayer

19. QIYAMUL LAYL
.. The Night Prayer ..

20. BENEFITS
Practice of righteous people before
us
Erase sins
Elevates ranks
Repels diseases from body

21. TARAWEEH
Performed in Ramadan
Great reward
No. of units
Recite what is easy

22. SALAT UD DHUHA
Charity is required from every part of our
body daily.. 360 joints
Speaking good, removing harm from the
road..
Ad Dhuha prayer suffices
2-8 rakah

23. SALATUL ISTIKHARA
 Sunnah
 Supplication

24. SALATUL KUSUF
 Solar and lunar eclipse prayer
 It is a stressed Sunnah
 Best to pray in congretation
 2 rak’ah, 2 bows in every unit of the prayer

25.  Also preferred to make takbir, give sadaqah,
and seek Allaah’s forgiveness during the
eclipse
 The reciting of al-Fatihah is obligatory in each
rak'ah, and one may recite whatever one wishes
to, after Al-Fatihah. It is allowed to make the
recital audible or silent.

26. SALATUL ISTISQA
 Performed when supplicating to Allaah for rain
during the times of drought
 -1- The imam prays, with the followers, two
rak'at during any time except those times in
which it is not desirable to pray.

27.  -2- The supplication for rain can also be
made on the occasion of Salatul Jumuah. In
this case, the imam makes supplications
during Khutbatu al-Jumuah with the people
of the congregation saying (Ameen).

28. -3- One may also make a supplication (for
rain) without it being Friday and
regardless of whether or not the prayer
takes place inside or outside the mosque.

29. THE END
Fiqh 3