Can anyone tell me the minimum amount of rakaats that you have to pray for each namaaz? is it: Fajr: 2 sunnats 2 fardh Zohr:4 sunnats 4 fardh, (i was What are the minimum rakats you have to pray for each namaaz? فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ So recite what is easy from it [Quran] [Surat Al-Muzzammil:20] Imam Abu Hanifah said this is an evidence that you can read the least amount of it, i.e, one ayah. However, most other scholars agree that the minimum is either 3 tiny ayat (tiny like this ), or one non-tiny ayah. Answer Praise be to Allah. The Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas was asked the following question: What is the number of men required for Jumu`ah prayer to be valid? Some people say that it is not valid with less than forty men, and if there is one less than that, they should pray Zuhr. They replied: The fard (obligatory) prayer has a minimum required to be valid: shuroot (conditions) arkaan (pillars) wajibaat (requirements) It also has things that are sunnah (recommended), and things that are makrooh (disliked). Then there are things that are generally permissible to be done in the salah. For example, Surat al-Ikhlas, al-Kawthar, or al-'Asr are sufficient in any unit of any prayer after the Fatiha. Three verses are the wajib amount, and any three verses can do this - even short ones like the first three of Surat al-Rahman. .

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