Combining Different Nafl Salaah

QUESTION:

A person wants to join, or combine, a two Rakaat Nafl with a four Rakaat Nafl Salaah. Is it correct to do so?

ANSWER:

If one commences a Nafl Salaah with the intention of performing more than 2 Rakaats, then it is obligatory upon one to complete two Rakaats only, even though he may have intended more than 2 Rakaats. This is because every two Rakaats are considered as independent Rakaats.

Now, if one makes Niyyat to perform a four Rakaat Nafl Salaah and then intends to combine two Rakaats of Salaatut Taubah in it (for example), then doing so will be permitted, since he will be combining the two Rakaats of Salaatut Taubah in the first two Rakaats of the four Rakaat Salaah. He then has a choice of either completing the remaining two Rakaats, or not as explained above.

وحاصل الكلام راجع الي ان بالشروع في التطوع في ظاهر الرواية لا يلزمه أكثر من الركعتين وان نوى أكثر من ذلك وعند ابي يوسف رحمه الله يلزمه واتفق اصحابنا ان الشروع في التطوع بمطلق النية لا يلزمه أكثر من ركعتين انما الاختلاف فيما إذا نوى أربع ركعات ………وقالوا إذا قام الي الثالثة يستفتح كما يستفتح في الابتداء لان كل شفع من التطوع صلاة على حدة علي ما مر (الفتاوي التاتارخانية ج٢ ٢٨٩)

ALLAH TA’ALA IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!

ANSWERED BY:

Maulana Ahmed Saeed

Date: 04 Muharram 1446 / 11 July 2024

CHECKED AND APPROVED BY:

Mufti Mohammed Desai