Salat al-layl

[Hussein04]

Salam brothers and sisters,

I was wondering how salat al layl works. I know it's at least 11 rakaats but does it work like regular prayers. Do you have to say something else? Can someone please summarize? 

Thanks in advance

[Mansur Bakhtiari]

Salam

It is done in 2 rakat cycles.

So 4x2 rakat with niyyat of salat al layl

2x1 shaf prayer

1 rakat witr prayer

[Mansur Bakhtiari]

Salam

It is done in 2 rakat cycles.

So 4x2 rakat with niyyat of salat al layl

2x1 shaf prayer

1 rakat witr prayer

[Hussein04]

15 minutes ago, Mansur Bakhtiari said:

Salam

It is done in 2 rakat cycles.

So 4x2 rakat with niyyat of salat al layl

2x1 shaf prayer

1 rakat witr prayer

Thanks brother!

[Hassan-]

@Hussein04

This website will help you here: https://www.al-islam.org/salatul-layl-h-t-kassamali

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Salatul Layl  PDF book

[amirhosein_88]

6 hours ago, Hussein04 said:

Salam brothers and sisters,

I was wondering how salat al layl works. I know it's at least 11 rakaats but does it work like regular prayers. Do you have to say something else? Can someone please summarize? 

Thanks in advance

How to Perform Night Prayer

Night prayer consists of 11 rak'as that should be performed as followed:

• Eight rak'as: 4 prayers each with two rak'as with the intention of performing the night nafila.

• Two rak'as with the intention of the shaf' prayer. It is recommended to recite Sura al-Hamd and Sura al-Nas in the first rak'a, and Sura al-Hamd and Sura al-Falaq in the second rak'a.

• One rak'a with the intention of watr prayer. It is recommended to recite Sura al-Hamd once and then Sura al-Tawhid three times, Sura al-Falaq and Sura al-Nas each once. It is highly recommended to lengthen the qunut (supplication) of this prayer.

It is recommended (mustahab) to ask God to forgive, or to prayer for, 40 believers in the qunut of the watr prayer. It is also recommended to recite istighfar (اَسْتَغْفِرُاللّهَ رَبّی وَ اَتُوبُ اِلَیهِ) 70 times, the sentence "هذا مَقامُ الْعائِذِ بِک مِنَ النّارِ" (This is the place of one who refuges to you from the Hell) 7 times, and "اَلعَفو" (forgive me) 300 times in the qunut (there is no problem if one recites them fewer times), and then one should recite "رَبِّ اغْفِرْلی وَارْحَمْنی وَ تُبْ عَلی اِنَّک اَنْتَ التَّوّابُ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحیمُ" (O' Lord! Forgive me and have your mercy on me and return to me. Verily you are the returner, the forgiver, and the merciful!).

The most important part of the night prayer are watr and shaf' prayers, and the latter is more important than the former.

The valid period for performing the night prayer is from midnight until the rising of dawn (fajr). The best time to perform is in the dawn (sahar) that includes the last third of the night (before the morning prayer). That is, the best time for performing the night prayer is before the rising of the dawn.

See:

http://en.wikishia.net/view/Night_Prayer#How_to_Perform_Night_Prayer

 

 

[Engineer73]

16 hours ago, Hussein04 said:

I know it's at least 11 rakaats but does it work like regular prayers.

Yes, not only salat al-layl but every nawafil, they can be counted as "substitute" for our every qadha prayers which were remain qadha i.e., not performed during life time.

Edited March 14, 2017 by Engineer73