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Question ID: 31937Country: India

Title: Can eight rakat salah (nafil) be offered in one Salam.

Question: Can eight rakat salah (nafil) be offered in one Salam.

Answer ID: 31937Posted on: Aug 30, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 882/882/M=1432) One can do so in nafl salah in nights, but in day time it is makrooh to perform salah of more than four rak’at with one salam: وتکرہ الزیارۃ علی أربع فی نفل النھار وعلی ثمان لیلاً بتسلیمۃ (الدر المختار)

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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Title: Can eight rakat salah (nafil) be offered in one Salam.

Question: Can eight rakat salah (nafil) be offered in one Salam.

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