How Can Intentions Be Combined During a Single Prayer?
Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi
Question
I read on SeekerGuidance that it is permissible to combine the intentions of a makeup prayer with that of non-confirmed sunna prayers.
My question is, how should this multi-intention prayer be performed? A makeup prayer would not require the recitation of an additional sura in the 3rd and 4th rakat, but a non-confirmed sunnah (recommended/mandub) (ex: 4 rakat after isha or 2+4 of salah al awwabin) will require that. Can you provide some clarity on this? For example, which non-confirmed prayers can be combined with fajr or asr/dhuhr/isha? How should the prayer be structured in format? Also, is salah al-duha a confirmed or non-confirmed prayer?
Answer
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
The details of combining intentions in one single prayer can be found here:
Is It Valid to Combine Multiple Intentions in One Prayer?
The upshot is that it is not always possible.
The Duha prayer is recommended. Thus it is not an emphasized Sunna. [Shurunbulali, Nur al-Idah]
And Allah knows best.
[Ustadh] Sufyan Qufi
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
Ustadh Sufyan Qufi is an advanced seeker of knowledge, originally from Algeria, who grew up in France. He began searching for ways to learn Islam reliably and was disappointed at the answers he found locally.
Then he connected with various traditional teachers and gradually connected with SeekersGuidance. He embarked on his journey of learning through the various teachers at SeekersGuidance, including his mentor Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.
He studied numerous texts in Islamic Law, Theology, Hadith, and other areas with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and other teachers, including Shaykh Abdurrahman al-Sha‘ar, Shaykh Ali Hani, and others.
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