Daily Salah: Sunnah Mu’akkadah & Ghair Mu’akkadah

Walekumussalam,

According to the Hanafi school of thought, the Sunnah Mu’akkadah and Sunnah Ghair Mu’akkadah prayers offered alongside the five daily Salah are as follows:

1. Fajr (Dawn Prayer)

- 2 Rak‘ahs Sunnah Mu’akkadah

- 2 Rak‘ahs Fard (Obligatory)

2. Zuhr (Midday Prayer)

- 4 Rak‘ahs Sunnah Mu’akkadah

- 4 Rak‘ahs Fard

- 2 Rak‘ahs Sunnah Mu’akkadah

- Followed by 2 Rak‘ahs Nafl (Optional)

3. Asr (Afternoon Prayer)

- 4 Rak‘ahs Sunnah Ghair Mu’akkadah

- 4 Rak‘ahs Fard

4. Maghrib (Sunset Prayer)

- 3 Rak‘ahs Fard

- 2 Rak‘ahs Sunnah Mu’akkadah

5. Isha (Night Prayer)

- 4 Rak‘ahs Sunnah Ghair Mu’akkadah

- 4 Rak‘ahs Fard

- 2 Rak‘ahs Sunnah Mu’akkadah

- 2 Rak‘ahs Nafl

- 3 Rak‘ahs Witr (Wajib)

- 2 Rak‘ahs Nafl

Difference Between Sunnah Mu’akkadah and Sunnah Ghair Mu’akkadah:

Sunnah Mu’akkadah refers to those Sunnah prayers that the Prophet ﷺ regularly performed. Therefore, deliberately and consistently leaving them without a valid excuse is not appropriate.

Sunnah Ghair Mu’akkadah refers to those Sunnah prayers for which one is rewarded for performing them, but there is no sin in occasionally leaving them.

And Allah knows best.