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Rawatib Prayer

Rawatib prayer is a sunnah prayer that is performed before or after a fardhu prayer.

There are two types of Rawatib prayers:

Rawatib prayer that is Muakkadah, which means it is strongly encouraged.
Rawatib prayer is not Muakkadah, which means encouraged.

The Rawatib prayers that are strongly encouraged (Muakkadah) are:

2 rakaah before zuhur
2 rakaah after zuhur
2 rakaah after maghrib
2 rakaah after isya’
2 rakaah before subuh

The niyyat for the prayer is:

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ قَبْلِيَّةِ الظُّهْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ للهِ تَعَالَى

I hereby perform 2 rakaah of sunnah prayer before zuhur in the name of Allah Ta’ala.

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ بَعْدِيَّةِ الظُّهْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ للهِ تَعَالَى

I hereby perform 2 rakaah of sunnah prayer after zuhur in the name of Allah Ta’ala.

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ بَعْدِيَّةِ المَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ للهِ تَعَالَى

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ بَعْدِيَّةِ الْعِشَاءِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ للهِ تَعَالَى

أُصَلِّيْ سُنَّةَ قَبْلِيَّةِ الصُّبْحِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ للهِ تَعَالَى

The keywords are qabliyah, which mean 'before' and badiyah, which mean 'after'.

The Rawatib prayer that are not Muakkadah are:

An additional 2 rakaah before zuhur
An additional 2 rakaah after zuhur
4 rakaah before asar
2 rakaah before maghrib
2 rakaah before isya’

The total rakaah of sunnah rawatib are 22 rakaah. 10 are Muakkadah while the remaining 12 are not Muakkadah. The time for Rawatib prayers is when it is the fardhu praying time.

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