Extra Reward

Someday,

I'm just bustle off own self with very much temporal work on to do,

without realizing that Allah keep watching and waiting me comforting self with Him.

Even I just concentrating with 5 daily prayers without leave once,

Allah still have me many extra reward to gain on.

As a muslims,

we should be keen on offering sunnah prayers, 

for the simple fact that it’s the practice and tradition of the Muhammad PBUH. 

Sunnah prayers entail great benefits and rewards.

Abu Hurairah reports that the Muhammad PBUH said: “The first thing that the people will be called to account for on the Day of Resurrection will be the prayers. Our Lord will say to the angels although He knows better: ‘Look into the salah of my servant to see if he observed it perfectly or been negligent in it. So if he observed it perfectly it will be recorded to his credit, but if he had been negligent in it in any way, Allah would say: See if My servant has any supererogatory prayers. Then if he has any supererogatory prayers, Allah would say: Make up the deficiency in My servant’s obligatory prayer with his supererogatory prayers.’ Thereafter all his actions will be examined in like manner.” (Abu Dawud).

The following are few of the sunnah prayers that a muslim can have everyday to increase our reward and make up for any past negligence in our obligatory prayers.

The Two Rakat before Fard of Fajr

Aishah, the mother of the believers, quoted the Muhammad PBUH saying: 

“The two rakaah before Dawn (Fajr) Prayer are better than the word and all that which it contains.” (Reported by Muslim)

Salaatul Ishraaq

(Sunrise prayer 15-20 mins after sunrise)

2 or 2x2 Rakat of Nafil.

Rasulullah is reported to have said, “He who performs Fajr Salah with jamaah and remains seated in the same place while engaging in Dhikr until after sunrise and thereafter performs 2 Rakaats nafil Salat, (Ishraaq), he will obtain the Thawaab of one Hajj and one Umrah.” (Tirmidhi).

Duha Prayer 

(Salaatul Chasht / Breakfast prayer to be prayed before Zawaal (Midday)

Salah al-Dhuha consists of 2 to 12 Rakaats and it is preferable to perform 8 Rakaats.’ (Raddul Mukhtaar vol.1 pg.505)

Muhammad PBUH is reported to have said that, “Whoever prayed twelve rakaats at the time of Chasht, then Allah will, as a reward, prepare a palace of gold for him in Paradise.” [Mishkat, Tirmizi, Ibn Majah]

Four Rakah Sunnah before Fard of Zuhr, 

Two Rakah Sunnah and Two Rakah Nafil after Fard of Zuhr

Umm Habibah AS narrated that the Muhammad PBUH said: “Whoever sticks to the habit of offering four rakaahs before Noon Prayer and four rakaahs after it, Allah will shield him against the Hell-Fire.” (Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi)

Four Rak’aah Sunnah of Asr

Muhammad PBUH said: “May Allah have Mercy on the one who offers four (rak’ahs) before Asr prayer.” (Abu Dawud)

Tahiyyah Al-Masjid

If anyone enters a mosque, he should offer two rak`ahs before sitting.

Abu Qatadah -may Allah be pleased with him- reported that Muhammad PBUH said: “If any one of you enters a mosque, he should pray two rakaahs before sitting.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Two Rakat after doing Wudu (Ablution)

Abu Hurayrah reported that Muhammad PBUH said to Bilal ibn Rabah : “Tell me about the best of your deeds (i.e. one which you deem the most rewarding) since your embracing Islam because I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise.” Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: “I do not consider any act of mine more rewarding than that whenever I make ablution at any time of night or day, I perform Prayer for as much as was destined for me to do.” ( Al-Bukhari and Muslim)”

The Most Rewarding Superogatory Prayer of all is Tahajjud

Prophet Muhammad PBUH has said: “In Paradise there is a castle reserved for those who read Tahajjud” and he further adds, “Those who pray at night will enter paradise without having to account for their acts in this life.”

It is recommended that you recite in your prayers as much of the Quran as you know. If you happen to know by heart the whole of the Quran you may, in at least 3 nights or most 4 nights of Tahajjud effectuate the complete reading of the Sacred Quran.

Otherwise, you may recite 3 Surah Ikhlas (Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad) after your “Alhamdu…” in every rakaah and you will thus derive full benefits of the full recital of the Sacred Quran in every Rakat.

During the month of Ramadan one should awake a little earlier for sahoor and make time to pray Tahajjud salah for the reward is magnified so much more in Ramadan and duas are even more readily accepted than at any other time of the year. We should be reading Tahajjud EVERY night in the last ten days of Ramdan for any of these nights may be the night of POWER.

The dua’s at the time of Tahajjud are very readily accepted by Almighty Allah and one should repent and ask of Allah and try to cry in their dua’s at this time, if one cannot cry due to the hardness of ones heart due to sin then at least one should make the face as if one is crying. 


Just as a mother tends to her baby quickly and promptly when it cries the same way Allah attends to his servant quicker when they are crying.

Also don’t forget that the Reward of Salah multiplied 70 times or more by use of Miswaak.

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) has reported that,

“The prayer before which the Miswak is used is seventy times more excellent than that before which it is not used.”

Now we know the tremendous amount of ajr and thawab most of us are missing out because we didn’t know. Let’s revive the sunnah of our beloved Muhammad PBUH. 


Let us make a commitment to try our best not forget our supererogatory prayers and nafils from now on.

May Allah accept all our prayers and worships. 


Ameen.