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If I offer 2 rakats and make intention for tahajud will it considered tahajud or do I have to pray 11 rakats?

· 17 Rabiʻ II 1437 AH1 min readFatwa 34912English

Question

If I offer 2 rakats and make intention for tahajud will it considered tahajud or do I have to pray 11 rakats?

What if someone cannot go to sleep and makes niyat for tahajud and afterwards prays fajr. Will his tahajud be considered tahajud?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.

The minimum rakats of tahajjud is two. One does not have to read 11 rakats tahajjud. (8 rakats tahajjud and 3 witr)

If one performs Salah before sleeping with the intention of tahajjud, it will be regarded as tahajjud.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Zakir Husain

Student DarulIftaa
Michigan, U.S.A

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

قَالَ: وَصَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ رَكْعَتَانِ بِتَسْلِيمَةٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعٌ أَوْ سِتٌّ أَوْ ثَمَانٍ وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ نُقِلَ فِي تَهَجُّدِهِ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ -.(وَيُكْرَهُ الزِّيَادَةُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ) لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُنْقَلْ، وَقِيلَ لَا يُكْرَهُ كَالثَّمَانِ(الإختيار لتعليل المختار، دار الكتب العلمية،ج١ص٦٧ )

قالت عائشة رضي الله عنها

لا تدع قيام الليل فإن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان لا يدعه وكان إذا مرض أو كسل صلى قاعدا)ابو داود)

Answered by
Zakir Husain
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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