Ḥadīth Lesson: Awwābīn Prayer and Praying at Home

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

1Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “If anyone prays six rak'as after the Maghrib prayer, not saying anything evil during them, they will be treated for him as equivalent to twelve years’ worship.” After completing the Sunnah prayer of Maghrib, one prays the Awwābīn prayer, six rak’ahs. These six rak’ahs are equivalent to the reward of twelve years. The reward is so great. It is a virtuous prayer.

2Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever prays the prayers between Maghrib and Isha, then these are undoubtedly the prayers of the Awwābīn, those who turn to Allāh ﷻ.” They are considered among their rank. The rank of Awwābīn is a high rank among Muslims. Those six rak’ahs between Maghrib and Isha, whether more or less, however much you can pray, are considered the Awwābīn prayer.

3Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever prays twenty Rak’ah between Maghrib and ‘Isha’, Allāh ﷻ will build for him a house in Paradise.” During Khalwah (seclusion) we pray twenty rak’ahs. If one wants, they can also pray the 20 rak’ahs as the Awwabin prayer in the Partial Khalwah.

4Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever prays six rak’ahs of voluntary prayer after Maghrib prayer before speaking to anyone, their sins of 50 years will be forgiven,” says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Our sins are many. Therefore, these prayers are necessary for every Muslim in every respect. No one is sinless. Therefore, one should pray these six rak’ahs as much as they can.

5Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever prays two rak’ahs of voluntary prayer in a place where no one sees him except Allāh ﷻ and His ﷻ angels will be written salvation from Hell.” If he prays in a secluded place saying, “Only Allāh ﷻ and His ﷻ angels see me”, he will be saved from Hell by the permission of Allāh ﷻ.

6Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever did not pray the two Rak’ah before Fajr (the sunnah) then let him pray them after the sun has risen.” If he didn’t pray them before sunrise, then he should certainly pray them after the sun has risen.

7Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says: Q

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Do not abandon the two rak’ahs of Fajr prayer even if you are driven away by the horses.” Pray them, he ﷺ says. Fajr prayer is one of the most important prayers. It is also mentioned in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n. He ﷺ says, “Do not abandon it.”

8Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Do not leave the two rak’ahs before Fajr prayer, for there is much reward in them.” The sunnah of Fajr prayer is a very sunnah mu’akkadah. Do not neglect it. Certainly perform it, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

9Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Only those who seek refuge and turn to Allah ﷻ most, often continue to perform the two rak’ahs sunnah of Fajr prayer.” Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, Muslims, the people of ṭarīqah don’t leave any Sunnah prayers. Especially this Fajr Sunnah, of course, everyone performs it. But of course, what other people do is up to them. But this is a prayer that our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam emphasized and explained. May no one never abandon it, in shā’a Llāh.

10-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “If any of you prays the two Rak’at before Fajr prayer, i.e the sunnah, he should lie on his right side.” We do this; it is a Sunnah. Many people get surprised when they see us. During Fajr prayer, when in mosques, etc., they ask, “What are you doing? What are they doing?” They look at us strangely, asking, “What are these?” This is a Sunnah. A Sunnah of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam. Most people have either never heard of this Sunnah or forgotten it.

11-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Perform some of your prayer in your houses, and do not turn them into graves.” If one doesn’t pray at home, it becomes like a cemetery, like a grave. So pray at home as well. Not the Fard prayers. One should pray the Fard prayers in the mosque if he can. But perform the Sunnah prayers and the Nafl prayers at home, the Shukr prayer, the Duha prayer, the Ishraq prayer, whatever it is. One should definitely perform a prayer at home. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam says, “So that your house doesn’t become like a grave.”

12-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “When one of you performs the prayer in the mosque he should leave a portion of his prayer for his house, for Allāh Almighty blesses his house because of his prayer.” The Nafl prayers performed at home bring goodness to the house, in shā’a Llāh.

13-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The most excellent and virtuous prayer of a person is (that which he prays) in his house except that which is prescribed (the five congregational prayers).” Meaning the tahajjud prayers, Awwābīn prayer, ishraq prayer, duha prayer, shukr prayer, and the tasābih prayer, are better to be performed at home. Except the fard prayer. The fard prayer is to be performed in the mosque, not at home; it will be a prayer with 27 times more reward.

Sadaqa RasuluLlah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ says the truth in what he ﷺ said or as he ﷺ said.

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Ihda’ – Dedication:

Ziyadatan ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi lkiram, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina, abā’ina wa ummahātina, khassatan ahli l-khwajagan wal Siddīqiyyun khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun, wa man nahnu fi hadratihim wa jiwarihim, for the souls of all our past ones, for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions. And to the souls of our Mashayikh, our fathers and mothers, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun, and to whom we are in their presence and near them, for the souls of all our past ones, for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 16 September 2025/ 24 Rabih Al-Awwal 1447 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul