Rawatib Prayers

Date: 08th Jumada al Awwal 1442

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين اللهم صلى وسلم على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه و من ول و بعد

In the name of God The Infinitely-Good The Merciful, all praise to God, The Lord of all creation. Oh God grant blessing and peace to our master Muhammad and his family and his companions and the righteous and those who come after.

The Rawatib⁽¹⁾ Prayers accompany the Fard⁽²⁾ Prayers. They act like a protection for mistakes and shortcomings in the Fard Prayers. The Rawatib Prayers are further divided into two types: Rawatib Muakkada⁽³⁾ and Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada⁽⁴⁾.

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Shafi’i Rawatib Prayers

	Before		Fard	After
	Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada	Rawatib Muakkada		Rawatib Muakkada	Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada
Subh(5)		2	2
Dzuhr(6)	2	2	4	2	2
‘Asr(7)	2 + 2		4
Maghreb(8)	2		3	2
‘Esha(9)	2		4	2
17 Fard Rakat(10)		10 Rawatib Muakkada Rakat		12 Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada Rakat

Maliki Rawatib Prayers

	Before		Fard	After
	Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada	Rawatib Muakkada		Rawatib Muakkada	Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada
Subh		2	2
Dzuhr	2 + 2		4		2 + 2
‘Asr	2 + 2		4
Maghreb			3		2 + 2 + 2
‘Esha			4
17 Fard Rakat		2 Rawatib Muakkada Rakat		18 Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada Rakat

Hanifi Rawatib Prayers

	Before		Fard	After
	Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada	Rawatib Muakkada		Rawatib Muakkada	Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada
Subh		2	2
Dzuhr	4	4	4	2
‘Asr	4		4
Maghreb			3	2	2 + 2 + 2
‘Esha	2		4	2	4
17 Fard Rakat		12 Rawatib Muakkada Rakat		20 Rawatib Ghayr Muakkada Rakat

*In Hanafi fiqh the Rawatib Mu'akadda can be included in the Rawatib Ghayr Mu'akadda or they can be prayed separately. 26 total if combining Rawatib Mu'akadda and Rawatib Ghayr Mu'akadda, 32 total if not combining.

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Arabic Words Used:

1. Rawatib - profit, additional prayers attached to obligatory prayers^↩

2. Fard - obligatory^↩

3. Muakkada - confirmed, emphasized^↩

4. Ghayr Muakkada - not Muakkada^↩

5. Subh - also Fajr. Obligatory dawn prayer. Note: books of knowledge usually call the Rawatib Fajr and the Fard Subh.^↩

6. Dzuhr - also Dhuhr or Zuhr. Obligatory afternoon prayer^↩

7. ‘Asr - evening prayer^↩

8. Maghreb - Obligatory dusk prayer^↩

9. ‘Esha - also Isha. Obligatory night prayer^↩

10. Rakat - cylce of prayer^↩

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Anything I said here which is true, is from Allah. Anything I said here which is false if from myself. I ask forgiveness for my shortcomings. I seek refuge in Allah from knowledge which does not benefit. May Allah grant us understanding of things as they are. May Allah bless and grant peace to our master Muhammad and his family.