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Namaaz-e-Chasht

Chasht Namaaz is Mustahab. The minimum Raka’ats for Chasht are 2 (two) and the maximum Raka’ats are 12 (twelve), and to perform 12 is more virtuous as it has been mentioned as follows:

Hadith 1: It is mentioned in the Hadith that, one who performed 12 Raka’ats of Chasht, Allah will construct for him in Jannat a Mansion of Gold. This Hadith is reported in Tirmizi and Ibn Majah from Anas رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ.

Hadith 2&3: It is reported in Sahih Muslim Shareef from Abu Zirr رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘There is a Sadqa for man (and) for every one of his joints (and there are 360 joints), (His) every Tasbeeh is Sadqa, and (his) every Humd (praise to Allah) is Sadqa and to say لَا اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللہُ ‘Laa ilaaha il’lal laah is Sadqa, and to say اَللہُ اَکْبَرْ ‘Allahu Akbar’ is Sadqa, and to command goodness is Sadqa, and to forbid evil is Sadqa, and 2 Raka’ats of Chasht suffices for all of this’.

Hadith 4&5: Tirmizi and Abu Dawud report from Abu Zirr رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ and Abu Dawud and Daarmi report from Nu’aim bin Hammaad and Ahmed reports from all of them رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہم that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘Almighty Allah says, O Ibn Adam! Perform 4 Raka’ats for me in the beginning of the day, and until the end of the day I will answer all your purposes (i.e. I will be sufficient for you)’. Tabrani reports from Abu Dawud رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘One who performs 2 Raka’ats of Chasht will not be written to be amongst the ‘Ghaafileen’ (heedless ones), and one who performs 4 Raka’ats will be written to be amongst the ‘Aabideen’ (Worshippers), and one who performs 6 Raka’ats his purpose has been answered for that day, and one who performs 8 Raka’ats, Allah will have him written amongst the ‘Qaaniteen’ (Devout Worshippers), and the one who performs 12 Raka’ats Allah Almighty will prepare for him a Mansion in Jannat (Paradise); and there is no such day or night wherein Allah does not shower His Divine Grave and Divine Aid unto his servants, and He has not favoured any servant more than upon him on whom He has inspired his Remembrance (Zikr)’. Ahmed, Tirmizi and Ibn Majah report from Abu Hurairah رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘One who safeguards the 2 Raka’ats of Chasht, his (minor) sins will be forgiven, even if they are equivalent to the foam on the sea’.

Law: The time period for it (Chasht) is from the time the sun has risen, up to the time of Zawaal, in other words up to the time of Nisfun Nahaar Shar’i. It is best (to perform it) when one quarter of day has appeared. [Alamgiri; Raddul Muhtar vol.1 pg.639]

 

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