There are thirty four Rak'ats of daily recommended prayers to be offered everyday except Friday; among these prayers are the midnight prayers (eleven Rak'ats), dawn recommended prayer (two Rak'ats), and evening recommended prayer (two Rak'ats), all of which bring lots of heavenly rewards.

Issue 739: There are many recommended prayers which are referred to as "Nafilah" and among which daily recommended prayers have been stressed more; the daily recommended prayers to be offered every day except Friday are thirty four Rak'ats as follows:

- Midday recommended prayers (eight Rak'ats)

- Afternoon recommended prayers (eight Rak'ats)

- Sunset recommended prayers (four Rak'ats)

- Evening recommended prayer (two Rak'ats)

- Midnight recommended prayers (eleven Rak'ats)

-Dawn recommended prayer (two Rak'ats)

-As an obligatory precaution, the evening recommended prayer must be offered in sitting position. So the two Rak'ats are accounted as one. On Friday, four Rak'ats are added to the recommended prayers of midday and afternoon.

Issue 740: All recommended prayers may be offered in sitting position; however, it is better if two Rak'ats of such prayers in sitting position are accounted as one in the standing position; for example, if a person wants to offer midday recommended prayers which are eight Rak'ats, it is better to offer sixteen Rak'ats if they offer then in sitting position and if they want to offer "witr" recommended prayer in sitting position, they should offer two one-Rak'at prayers.

Q741: Is it allowable to offer all recommended prayers-even the midnight Nafilah- while being in motion? If so, how should one perform the bows and prostrations?

A: All recommended prayers are permissible to be offered in motion, and to perform the bows and prostrations, one can move their head down and up.

Q742: If a person wants to recite a chapter after the Al-Hamd of a recommended prayer, must they recite the whole chapter or is it permissible just to recite a part of it?

A: Reciting a part of a chapter would suffice for the recommended prayers, unless for a specific prayer, one is required to act in a different way; for instance, in the recommended prayer for the opening of a month, one should recite the “Ikhlaas” chapter thirty times in the first Rak'at and the “Quadr” chapter thirty times in the second.

Q743: On Friday, the midday and afternoon recommended prayers are twenty Rak'ats, that is, four extra Rak'ats should be offered; how should these four Rak'ats be offered? Should they be added to the midday recommended prayers or to those of the afternoon? Is it permissible to divide them between the midday and afternoon Nafilas?

A: Two Rak'ats of them should be added to the midday Nafilas and the other two should be added to the afternoon Nafilas. There is another possible order which is explained in comprehensive books on jurisprudence.

Q744: Should a person pronounce all the prescribed supplications in the Qunut (personal supplication) of Witr Nafilah, or does it suffice if it is pronounced to any possible extent? Is the Qunut necessary to be offered at all?

A: Offering the Qunut in Witr Nafila as it is prescribed, causes to grow closer to Allah and brings more blessings. It is not befitting that one who offers midnight recommended prayers, abandons the Qunut, since the Qunut is strongly recommended; however, offering the Qunut is not a condition for the validity of midnight Nafilas.