Namaz Rakat – How many Rakats are in each Prayer (Namaj)?
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, Today’s topic of discussion is Namaz Rakat, or How many Rakats are in each prayer (Namaj)
Namaz Rakat
Five times a total of 17 Rakats day and night and 15 Rakats on Friday are obligatory and 12 or 10 Rakaat prayers are Muakkadah in the Sunnah. E.g.
(1) Fajr: 2 Rakats of sunnat, then 2 Rakats of fard
(2) Dhuhr: 4 or 2 Rakats of Sunnat, then 4 Rakats are obligatory. Then 2 Rakats of circumcision
(3) Asr: 4 Rakats are obligatory
(4) Maghrib: 3 Rakats are obligatory. Then 2 Rakats of circumcision
(5) Isha: 4 Rakats are obligatory. Then 2 Rakats of Sunnah. Then at the end of one Rakat of Witr.
Friday prayers are 2 Rakats obligatory. If you read Jumu’ah, you don’t have to recite Zohar, because Zuma is the substitute for Zohar. At least 2 Rakats of Tahiyatul Masjid before entering the mosque after Farz and 4 or 2 Rakats of Sunnat at the end of Jumuah.
All the above are determined by the regular deeds of the Prophet (sm) and are proved by the Saheeh hadeeths.
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah ‘Salat Chapter, Paragraph 2; Nasai ‘Salat’ Chapter-5, Paragraph-3
