Hi all readers! Are you looking for an explanation of “how many rakats in Tahajjud prayer?”? If your answer is “Yes”, congratulations! Now you are reading the right article. Why? Because that is what I will explain in this article. As Muslims, we must understand that. That’s why I wrote this article. So, you should read it to the end!
Specifically, there are several important things about “how many rakats in Tahajjud prayer?” which I will explain in this article. Some of the important things I mean are as follows:
- What Is Rakat in Tahajjud Prayer?
- How Many Rakats in Tahajjud Prayer?
Hadith About Rakats in Tahajjud Prayer.
What Is Rakat in Tahajjud Prayer?
The first important thing about “how many rakats in Tahajjud prayer?” what I will explain now is “what is rakat in Tahajjud prayer?”. I want you to understand that first before you read more explanations in this article because that is the basic thing in this discussion that must be understood well.
Before I explain more about “what is rakat in Tahajjud prayer?”, I will explain the meaning of rakat in prayer. I want you to understand that first because that is the most important thing about the meaning of rakat in ahajjud prayer that we must understand well if we want to understand the meaning of rakat in Tahajjud prayer.
If we read some Islamic legal literature on rakat in prayer, we will find an explanation of it as follows:
الرَّكَعَاتُ أَوْ رَكَعَاتُ الصَّلَاةِ هِيَ : أَقْوَالٌ وَأَفْعَالٌ مَخْصُوْصَةٌ ، فِيْ الدِّيْنِ الْإِسْلَامِيِّ ، تَتَكَوَّنُ مِنْهَا الصَّلَاةُ ، وَكَيْفِيَتُهَا مُحَدَّدَةٌ بِاتِّبَاعِ الشَّرْعِ
Rakats in prayer are certain utterances and movements in Islam that are components of prayer and the way to do it is determined by following the sharia.
All readers! If we understand the meaning of rakat in prayer as I have explained earlier, we will understand that rakat in the Tahajjud prayer are certain utterances and movements that are components of the Tahajjud prayer and how to do it is determined by following the sharia.
So, we can conclude that the rakat in Tahajjud prayer is an important part of Tahajjud prayer because that is the component of the Tahajjud prayer.
That is a brief explanation of “what is rakat in Tahajjud prayer?”. As Muslims, we must understand that.
How Many Rakats in Tahajjud Prayer?
The second important thing about “how many rakats in Tahajjud prayer?” what I’m going to explain now is a specific answer. So, I really hope you read the explanation below very well.
Before I give you a specific answer to that question (how many rakats in Tahajjud prayer?), I will quote some hadiths that are specifically related to this discussion. I want to remember and understand it all well.
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Hadith About Rakats in Tahajjud Prayer
As for the hadith about rakats in Tahajjud prayer, what I mean is as follows:
قَالَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا : إِنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، كَيْفَ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ ؟ قَالَ : مَثْنَى مَثْنَى، فَإِذَا خِفْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَأَوْتِرْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ
Abdullah bin Umar radliyallahu anhuma said, “Someone asked Allah’s Messenger (Prophet Muhammad), “How to do the night prayer?” He said, “Two rakats, two rakats. If you are worried that you will not be able to perform the Fajr prayer (because of that), then do the Witr prayer with one rakat.”
The above hadith explains that Tahajjud prayer is performed per two rakats. We can also conclude that the minimum rakat in Tahajjud prayer is two rakats.
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا , قَالَ : كَانَ صَلاَةُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ( يَعْنِي بِاللَّيْلِ)
From Ibn Abbas radliyallahu anhuma, he said, “The prayer of Prophet (Muhammad) sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam was thirteen rakats (meaning he prayed at night).”
The above hadith explains that Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam prayed at night until thirteen rakats. Witr prayer and Tahajjud prayers are some of the prayers he does at night. So, we can assume that he performed twelve rakats in Tahajjud prayer and one rakat in Witr prayer.
عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهَا عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِاللَّيْلِ . فَقَالَتْ : سَبْعٌ وَتِسْعٌ وَإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سِوَى رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ
From Masruq, he said, “I have asked Aisha radiyallahu anha about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (Prophet Muhammad) sallallahu alayhi wa sallam at night. She then said, “Seven (rakats), or nine (rakats), or eleven (rakats) apart from two rakats in Fajr prayer.”
The hadith above explains that sometimes Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam prayed at night up to seven rakats, nine rakats, or eleven rakats. These rakats are in addition to the two rakats in Fajr prayer. So, we can assume that he performed six rakats or eight rakats, or ten rakats in Tahajjud prayer.
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهَا , قَالَتْ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً مِنْهَا الْوِتْرُ وَرَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ
From Aisha radiyallahu anha, she said, “The Prophet (Muhammad) sallallahu alayhi wa sallam prayed at night as many as thirteen rakats of which were Witr prayer and two rakats in Fajr prayer.”
The above hadith explains that Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam prayed at night up to thirteen rakats of which were rakat in Witr prayer and two in Fajr prayer. So, we can assume that he performed ten rakats in Tahajjud prayer.
Now, if you ask me, “how many rakats in Tahajjud prayer?”, the answer is that the minimum rakat in the Tahajjud prayer is two rakats and there is no maximum limit. In other words, we can do two rakats in Tahajjud prayer, or four rakats in Tahajjud prayer, or six rakats in Tahajjud prayer, or eight rakats in Tahajjud prayer, or ten rakats in Tahajjud prayer, or twelve rakats in Tahajjud prayer, or fourteen rakats in tahajjud prayer, or sixteen rakats in tahajjud prayer, or twenty rakats in tahajjud prayer, and so on. That’s the answer.
We can understand that there is no maximum limit for rakat in Tahajjud prayer because there are many hadiths that explain the difference in the number of rakats in Tahajjud prayer performed by the Prophet Muhammad.
All readers! That is a brief explanation of “how many rakats in Tahajjud prayer?” and some important things about it. Do you understand? If you want to ask, please ask!
I think that’s enough for this article. May be useful. Amen.
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