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Pray 4 rak'at after Jumu'ah
- The practice
- After the Jumu'ah prayer, pray four rak'at of sunnah.
- When
- After the Friday prayer
- In daily life
- After the salam, before you reach for your shoes or your phone, stay in your place and pray them. If you're due back at work, plan your Friday break a few minutes longer so you don't have to rush.
The source
عَنْ أَبِي، هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْجُمُعَةَ فَلْيُصَلِّ بَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعًا " .
“Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying:When any one of you observes the Jumu'a prayer (two obligatory rak'ahs in congregation), he should observe four (rak'ahs) afterwards”Narrated by Abu HurayraSahih Muslim 881a
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-muslim · Translation: Abdul Hamid Siddiqui (eng-muslim), from the eng-muslim edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
More Sunnahs like this
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.