Voluntary Prayers

Question 1

What will be the first deeds for which the servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment according to the hadith reported by Abu Hurayrah?

Answer 1

Prayers

Question 2

What will happen if the prayers of the servant of Allah are sound on the Day of Judgment?

Answer 2

He will have prospered and been rescued.

Question 3

What will happen if the prayers of the servant of Allah are rotten on the Day of Judgment?

Answer 3

He will be miserable and be at loss.

Question 4

What will happen if there were some deficiency in the obligatory prayers of the servant of Allah on the Day of Judgment according to the hadith reported by Abu Hurayrah?

Answer 4

Allah will say, “See if he has any voluntary prayers with which may be completed that which was insufficient in his obligatory prayers.”

Sunan al-Tirmidhī

Question 5

Who narrated the hadith that states, “lf one of you performs the prayers in his mosque, he should reserve a portion of his prayers for his house as then Allah will make in his house, due to his prayer, goodness”?

Answer 5

Jábir.

Recorded by Muslim

Question 6

According to the hadith narrated by Zayd ibn Thábit, where is the best prayer of a man?

Answer 6

In his house, except for the obligatory prayers.

Question 7

What are the two types of voluntary prayers?

Answer 7

Specific and unrestricted.

Question 8

What are the regularly performed Sunnah prayers?

Answer 8

The specific or restricted voluntary prayers, before and after the obligatory prayers.

Question 9

How many rak’ahs of emphasized sunnah prayers did Ibn ‘Umar preserve from the Prophet according to Ibn ‘Umar?

Answer 9

10

Question 10

What is the emphasized sunnah prayers that is performed before Duhr according to Ibn ‘Umar?

Answer 10

2 rak’ahs before Duhr

Question 11

What is the emphasized sunnah prayers that is performed after Duhr according to Ibn ‘Umar?

Answer 11

2 rak’ahs after Duhr

Question 12

What is the emphasized sunnah prayers that is performed after Maghrib according to Ibn ‘Umar?

Answer 12

2 rak’ahs after Maghrib

Question 13

What is the emphasized sunnah prayers that is performed after Isha according to Ibn ‘Umar?

Answer 13

2 rak’ahs after Isha

Question 14

What is the emphasized sunnah prayers that is performed before Fajr according to Ibn ‘Umar?

Answer 14

2 rak’ahs before Fajr

Question 15

Where did Ibn ‘Umar get the proof about the 2 rak3as before Fajr despite it being a time when nobody would see the Prophet?

Answer 15

Hafsah told him

(She is Ibn ‘Umar’s sister and the Prophet’s wife)

Question 16

What did Hafsah tell Ibn Umar?

Answer 16

When the caller to prayer made the call and dawn had appeared, the Prophet would pray 2 rak’ahs

(Hafsah is Ibn ‘Umar’s sister and the Prophet’s wife)

Question 17

How many rak’ahs did the Prophet not miss before Duhr according to ‘Á’ishah?

Answer 17

4

Question 18

How many rak’ahs did the Prophet not miss before the Morning prayer according to ‘Á’ishah?

Answer 18

2

Question 19

How many NON-EMPHASIZED rak’ahs are there before the Duhr, Maghrib, and Isha?

Answer 19

2 rak3as before each

Question 20

Who narrated the Hadith that says, “Between the two calls, there is a prayer. Between the two calls, there is a prayer.”?

Answer 20

Abdullah ibn Mughaffal.

Question 21

How many rak’ahs are preferred before the Duhr prayer?

Answer 21

Four rak’ahs.

Question 22

What did the Prophet do during the tashahhud while praying four rak’ahs before the afternoon prayer?

Answer 22

He gave salutations upon the angels near to Allah and those who followed them of the Muslims and the believers.

Question 23

Who narrated the Hadith that says, “May Allah have mercy on a person who prays four rak’ahs before the Afternoon prayer.”?

Answer 23

Ibn Umar.

Question 24

Which 2 Soorahs are excellent to read in the two rak’ahs before Fajr?

Answer 24

1. Qul ya Ayuhal Kafiroon
2. Qul huwa Allahu A7ad

Question 25

Who narrated that the Messenger of Allah would recite “Qul ya Ayuhal Kafiroon,” and “Qul huwa Allahu A7ad,” in the 2 rak3as before Fajr?

Answer 25

Abu Hurayrah

Question 26

What did the Messenger of Allah recite in the 2 rak’ahs before Fajr, according to Ibn Abbas?

Answer 26

1. “Say [O Muslims], ‘We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us’” from al-Baqarah (Qur’an 2: 136)
2. “We believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims” (Qur’an 3: 52).

Question 27

What did Ibn Mas’ood hear the Messenger of Allah recite in the 2 rak’ahs after Duhr and in the 2 rak’ahs before Fajr?

Answer 27

1. Qul ya Ayuhal Kafiroon
2. Qul huwa Allahu A7ad

Question 28

Who narrated the Hadith that the first deeds for which the servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment will be his prayers?

Answer 28

Abu Hurayrah.

Question 29

Who narrated that if one performs the prayers in his mosque, he should reserve a portion of his prayers for his house as then Allah will make in his house, due to his prayer, goodness?

Answer 29

Jábir.

Question 30

Who narrated that one should pray in their houses for the best prayer of a man is that in his house, save for the obligatory prayers?

Answer 30

Zayd ibn Thábit.

Question 31

Who narrated that they preserved from the Prophet 10 rak ‘ahs: 2 rak’ahs before Duhr as well as two after it, 2 rak ‘ahs after Maghrib, 2 rak’ahs after Isha and 2 rak’ahs before Fajr?

Answer 31

Ibn ‘Umar.

Question 32

Who said that the Prophet would not miss 4 rak3as before Duhr and 2 before Fajr?

Answer 32

‘Á’ishah.

Question 33

Who narrated that between the two calls, there is a prayer and that it is preferred to perform 4 rak’ahs before Duhr?

Answer 33

‘Abdullah ibn Mughaffal.

Question 34

Who narrated that the Prophet used to pray 4 rak’ahs before Duhr and that he would separate between them by giving salutations upon the angels near (to Allah) and those who followed them of the Muslims and the believers?

Answer 34

‘Ali.

Question 35

Who narrated that the Prophet said, “May Allah have mercy on a person who prays 4 (rak’ahs) before the Afternoon prayer”?

Answer 35

Ibn ‘Umar.

Question 36

Who said that the Messenger of Allah would recite in the 2 rak ‘ahs before Fajr: “Qul ya Ayuhal Kafiroon” and “Qul huwa Allahu A7ad”?

Answer 36

Abu Hurayrah.