Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 698

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

سُنَّةٌ رَاتِبَةٌ، وَعَلَى هَذَا فَيَكُونُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ - يَعْنِي بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ - الْفَجْرُ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ سُنَّةٌ رَاتِبَةٌ، الظُّهْرُ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ سُنَّةٌ رَاتِبَةٌ، الْعَصْرُ لَيْسَ لَهَا رَاتِبَةٌ قَبْلَهَا وَلَا بَعْدَهَا، لَكِنْ تَدْخُلُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ إِذَا أُذِّنَ لِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْإِقَامَةِ،

This is a regular Sunnah. Consequently, between every two calls—meaning between the Adhan and the Iqamah—there is a regular Sunnah for Fajr and Dhuhr. Asr has no regular Sunnah before or after it, but it falls under the scope of the Hadith that one should pray two rak'ahs after the Adhan and before the Iqamah.

الْمَغْرِبُ كَذَلِكَ، لَيْسَ لَهَا سُنَّةٌ رَاتِبَةٌ قَبْلَهَا، لَكِنْ يُسَنُّ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ أَذَانِ الْمَغْرِبِ، وَقَدْ وَرَدَ فِيهَا حَدِيثٌ بِخُصُوصِهَا قَالَ: «صَلُّوا قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ، صَلُّوا قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ» ثَلَاثًا، وَقَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ: «لِمَنْ شَاءَ»،

Maghrib is similar; there is no regular Sunnah before it, though it is recommended to pray two rak'ahs after the Adhan. A specific Hadith mentions this, stating: "Pray before Maghrib, pray before Maghrib," three times, adding "for whoever wishes" on the third.

الْعِشَاءُ كَذَلِكَ، لَيْسَ لَهَا رَاتِبَةٌ قَبْلَهَا، لَكِنْ تَدْخُلُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بَعْدَ الْأَذَانِ وَقَبْلَ الْإِقَامَةِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَإِذَا فَاتَتِ الرَّوَاتِبُ الَّتِي قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ، بِأَنْ جَاءَ وَالْإِمَامُ يُصَلِّي الْفَرِيضَةَ، فَإِنَّهُ يَقْضِيهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

Isha is the same, with no regular Sunnah before it. However, it is included in the Hadith that one should pray two rak'ahs between the Adhan and the Iqamah. If one misses the regular Sunnah before the prayer because the Imam has already begun the obligatory prayer, one may perform them afterward.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 20 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• عَنَى — to mean
• دَخَلَ — to enter
• سُنَّة — sunnah
• رَاتِبَة — regular
• أَذَان — call to prayer