Book of Namaz

to do most was the supererogatory ritual prayer of the morning
namâz.” This report is written in both (Bukhârî) and (Muslim). As
is seen, ‘Âisha ‘‘radiy-Allâhu anha” says supererogatory for the
sunnat namâzes that are performed together with five daily fard
prayers.
Imâm-i Rabbânî, mujaddid-i alf-i thânî, Ahmad bin Abdulahad
Fârûqî Serhendî, a great Islâmic ’âlim, the leader of men of
religion, the strongest protector of Ahl-i sunnat against heretics
and lâ-madhhabîs, a great mujâhid who spreads the religion that
Allahu ta’âlâ has chosen, says in the twenty – ninth letter in the
first volume of his book (Maktûbât) whose equivalent in Islam has
not been written so far:
Those actions that Allahu ta’âlâ approves of are fards and
nâfilas (supererogatories). When compared to those worships that
are fard, the supererogatory worships are of no value. Performing
a fard in its due time is more valuable than doing nâfila worships
ceaselessly for one thousand years. Every kind of nâfila, for
example namâz, zakât, fasting, dhikr, fikr (thinking/reasoning) are
all like this. Furthermore, while performing a fard, observing one
of its sunnats or adabs are many fold more valuable than doing
other nâfilas. After performing a morning prayer in jamâ’at,
Hadrat ’Umar, the Amîr-ul-mu’minîn “radî-Allâhu ’anh,” looked
at the jamâ’at and, seeing that one of the members was absent, he
asked where he was. His companions said, “He performs nâfila
worships every night. Maybe he fell asleep and could not come to
the congregation.” The Amîr-ul-mu’minîn said, “If he had slept all
the night and performed the morning prayer in congregation; it
would have been better.” As is seen, doing an adab and avoiding a
makrûh in performing a fard is many fold more valuable than
dhikr, tafakkur and murâqaba (awareness). Yes, if these are done
together with observing those adabs and avoiding makrûhs, they
will certainly be very beneficial. However, they will be of no use
without them. For this reason, giving zakât of one gold coin is
better than giving thousands of gold coins as nâfila alms giving.
While giving that coin of zakât, observing one of its adab, for
example, giving it to one’s close relatives is much more valuable
than nâfila alms giving. [Hence, it is understood that those who
want to perform nâfila prayers after midnight must perform qadâ
prayers. Allahu ta’âlâ’s commandments are called (Fard), His
prohibitions are called (Harâm). Our Prophet’s commandments
are called (Sunnat) and his prohibitions are called (Makrûh). All of
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