Darulifta Ahlesunnat
(Dawateislami)
Question
What do the scholars of Islam say regarding the following matter: other
than the sunnahs of fajr,
no other nafl can be offered during fajr time, but can witr or any
other wājib salah be offered during that time?
بِسْمِ اللہِ
الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ
الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
It is not permissible to offer any nafl at fajr time, other than the sunnahs
of fajr. As for a wājib
act, if it falls under the ruling of nafl then
it will not be permitted to perform it then also. That which falls under the
ruling of farḍ can be offered. Wājib actions are of two types:
Wājib li Ꜥaynihī: That which has become wājib due
to Allah declaring it so; it does not include the involvement of a person. Witr salah, funeral salah, and the prostrations of Quranic
recitation are all examples of this type of wājib,
which fall under the ruling of farḍ and can be
offered at the time of fajr.
Wājib li ghayrihī: That which is not wājib in and
of itself, but which a person has made wājib upon
himself. This includes vows, the nafl salah relating
to ṭawāf and the making up of nafl salah which a
person invalidated. These are fall in the ruling of nafl,
and, just like other nafl Salahs, it will be
impermissible to offer them at fajr time.
In Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī:
نھی رسول اللہ صلی اللہ
تعالی علیہ وسلم عن الصلوۃ بعد الصبح حتی تشرق الشمس وبعد
العصر حتی تغرب
The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم forbade (the offering of nafl)
salah after true dawn until sunrise, and after Ꜥaṣr until sunset.”[1]
In Ḥāshiyah al-Ṭaḥṭāwī:[2]
ويكره التنفل بعد طلوع الفجراي قصدا،۔۔۔ ومثل
النافلة في هذا الحكم ما وجب بايجاب العبد ويقال له الواجب لغيره كالمنذور وركعتي
الطواف وقضاء نفل افسده، اما الواجب لعينه وهو ما كان بايجاب اللہ تعالى ولا مدخل
للعبد فيه ۔۔۔ فلا كراهة فيه
In al-Durr al-Mukhtār:
(وکرہ نفل) قصداً ولو تحیۃ المسجد
(وکل ما کان واجباً لغیرہ) وھو ما یتوقف وجوبہ علی فعلہ (کمنذور
ورکعتی طواف وسجدتی سھو والذی شرع فیہ ثم افسد و) لو سنۃ الفجر (بعد صلاۃ فجر وعصر، لا)
یکرہ (قضاء فائتۃ و) لو وتراً او (سجدۃ تلاوۃ وصلاۃ
جنازۃ، وکذا) الحکم من کراھۃ نفل و واجب لغیرہ لا فرض وواجب
لعینہ (بعد طلوع فجر سوی سنتہ)
Beneath this, it is mentioned in Radd
al-Muḥtār:[3]
(وکل ما کان واجباً)
ای: ما کان ملحقاً بالنفل، بان ثبت وجوبہ بعارض بعد ما کان نفلاً۔۔۔
مثلاً المنذور یتوقف علی النذر ورکعتا الطواف علی الطواف وسجدتا
السھو علی ترک الواجب الذی ھو من جھتہ
The legal reasoning (Ꜥillah) behind not offering wājib li ghayrihī during this time has been mentioned as
follows in Tabyīn
al-Ḥaqāˈiq:[4]
کل ما کان واجباً لغیرہ
۔۔۔ ملحق بالنفل حتی لا یصلیھا فی
ھذین الوقتین، لان وجوبھا بسب من جھۃ فلا یخرج من ان
یکون نفلاً فی حق الوقت
Allamah Shāmī
رَحْمَةُ
الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه explains the prostration of recital as being wājib li Ꜥaynihī in the following words:[5]
وان کان بفعلہ، لکنہ لیس اصلہ نفلاً، لان
التنفل بالسجدۃ غیر مشروع، فکانت واجبۃ بایجاب اللہ
تعالی لا بالتزام العبد
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ
اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ
وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم
Answered By: Mufti Muhammad Qasim Attari
Ref No: PIN-7110
Date: 15 Jumādā al-Ūlā
1444 AH/10 December 2022
[1] Ṣahīh al-Bukhārī, vol. 1, p. 82, Published in Karachi
[2] Ḥāshiyah Ṭaḥṭāwī, p. 188, Published in Beirut
[3] Al-Durr al-Mukhtār wa Radd al-Muḥtār, vol. 2, p. 44, published in Peshawar
[4] Tabyīn al-Ḥaqāiq, vol. 1, p. 87, Published in Multan
[5] Al-Durr al-Mukhtār wa Radd al-Muḥtār, vol. 2, p. 44, Published in Peshawar
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