Nafal Namaz نفل نماز ki Barkat

Importance of praying Nafil Salah

The hadith below tells the importance of Nafil Salahs which we often neglect just by considering as the “OPTIONAL” prayers.

Nafil Salaahs are very beneficial and important, It is and optional prayer which a Muslim can pray and get rewarded in the world afterward. We often miss this salah by just labeling them as “optional” but these are something we should consider as a gift from almighty Allah.

1. Ishraaq Salah

Ishraaq should be Performed 15 minutes after the sunrise.
It usually has 2 or 4 rakaats.

Benefit: This can give you a reward of one Hajj and one Umrah.

2. Salat ul Taubah

It should be Performed when the need arises.
Usually, has 2 Rakaats.

Benefit: If you will pray it with all of your heart and with a truthful heart and sincerity then ALLAH (SWT) will forgive the sins, INSHAALLAH.

3. Salaat ul Istikhaarah

Should be performed at any permissible time.
Usually, has 2 Rakaats.

Benefit: This Nafl is best when you areAsking for the Allah’s decision for yourself.

4. Salaat ul Hajaat

One should pray Salaat ul hajaat only in the time of need.
Usually, has 2 Rakaats.

Benefit: It is best for seeking help from ALLAH when you are in the need or in any kind of difficulty.

5. Tahajjud Salaah

Tahajjud should be prayed after Esha, latter part of night.
It usually has, Minimum 2 Rakaats and maximum 12 Rakaats.

Benefit: This is best for Glorifying Allah (SWT)

6. Salaat ul Chaasht

The best time for this Nafl is Some part of the day (10:00 am) has passed until Zawaal.
Can be of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 Rakaats.

Benefit: You will be counted among Allah’s loving people.

7. Tahiyyat ul Wudhu

Pray if after Wudhu
It has 2 Rakaats

Benefit: You are Entitled to enter Jannah.

8. Tahiyyat ul Masjid

Pray it upon entering masjid (Mosque) and before sitting down.
Tahiyyat ul Masjid has 2 Rakaats.

Benefit: This nafl is to honor ALLAH (SWT).

In Islam, a nafl Namaz (Arabic: صلاة النفل, ṣalāt al-nafl) or supererogatory prayer, also called as Nawafil Prayers, is a type of optional Muslim salah (formal worship). As with sunnah prayer, they are not considered obligatory but are thought to confer extra benefit on the person performing them. An example is the offering of four raka'ahs of "nafl" before the compulsory Zuhr prayers.

According to the following Hadith, "nafl" not only draws free closer to Allah but also helps one attain the better success in the Afterworld i.e. Jannah (Paradise).

Rabi'ah ibn Malik al-Aslami reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "Ask (anything)." Rabi'ah said: "I ask of you to be your companion in paradise." The Prophet (PBUH) said: "Or anything else?" Rabi'ah said: "That is it." The Prophet (PBUH) said to him: "Then help me by making many prostrations (Supererogatory prayers)".

Tahiyatul Wudu

Tahiyatul wudu is the nafl prayer after doing wudhu.

Abu Hureyrah narrates that once the Islamic prophet Muhammad asked Bilal at Fajr salah:

O Bilal Tell me that deed of yours which is most hopeful (for reward) after embracing Islam, for I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise.

Bilal replied:

I have not done anything extra ordinary except that whenever I perform wudu during the day or night, I salah (tahiyatul wudu) after that, as much as was written or granted for me."

Abu Hureyrah narrated that Muhammad said to Bilal

Tell me about the most hopeful act (i.e one which you deem the most rewarding with Allah) you have done since your acceptance of Islam because I heard the sound of the steps of your shoes in front of me in paradise.

Bilal said :

I do not consider any act more hopeful than that whenever I make ablution (wudu) at any time of night or day, I offer salah (prayer) for as long as was destined for me to offer.
— Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim

After completion of the wudhu, a prayer (Salat) of two rakats is full of blessings (sawab).