Salat

 

How many rakats should I pray?
Namaaz	Ta'hi'yatal Wudu	Sunna (Before)	Fard	Sunna (After)	Witr
Fajr	2*	2	2	-	-
Dhuhr	2	4**	4	2***	-
Asr	2	-	4	-	-
Maghrib	-	-	3	2***	-
Isha	2	4	4	2***	3

*On the authority of ‘A'isha', the mother of the believers (Allah be pleased with her), the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said ‘The two [sunna] rakats of the Morning Prayer are better than the world and what it contains' [Muslim].

**It is related from ‘A'isha' (Allah be pleased with her) that, “The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) did not leave offering four rakats before the noon prayer.” [Bukhari]

***It is related from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (Allah be pleased with both father and son) that he said , “I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) two rakats before Zuhr, and two after it…and two rakats after Maghrib and two after ‘Isha.'' [Bukhari & Muslim]