Sunah – Nafilah & additional prayers
From the chart below, every Salah is made up of Fard, the obligatory prayers, Sunnah and Nafilah or additional prayers.
The Holy Prophet (pbuh) said these extra prayers before or after the prescribed Fard prayers.
These are recommended. The sequence of these additional prayers is as follows:
| Name of Salah | Number of Sunnah before Fard | Number of Fard | Number of Sunnah after Fard | Number of Nafilah |
| Fajr |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
| Zuhr |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| `Asr |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
| Maghrib |
- |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| `Isha |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2+3+2 |
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June 4, 2009