How many Sunnat rakats are there in Jumma prayer?

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Assalamualaikum, as the question says, how many Sunnat rakats do I need to perform before or after Jumma prayer(friday).

well the word sunnah implies that it isn't obligated you don't need to perform them the real question is how many sunnah rak3at may you pray — NesreenA, Jun 28 '13 at 09:09
@NesreenA Assalamualaikum. See the answers below to clear your concept about Sunnat first (and don't provide such answers firsthand) — Sazid, Jun 28 '13 at 16:06
Closely related Is there a sunnah prayer before salat aljumua (Friday prayer)? — servant-of-Wiser, Apr 03 '15 at 09:40

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited May 12 '17 at 05:13

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There are 4 Sunnah(moaqda), 2 Farz(compulsory) ,4 Sunnah(gher-moaqda), 2 Sunnah(moaqda), 2 Nafal. That is the correct order aswell, So in total there are 14 rakaat in jumm'a salaah .

Farz is compulsory, what you perform with the Imaam!

edited May 12 '17 at 05:13

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answered Jun 28 '13 at 13:50

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yes but there are also 4 sunnah which are not compulsory, see more here: http://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/1098/is-there-a-sunnah-prayer-before-salat-aljumua-friday-prayer – Hafiz Jun 28 '13 at 15:22
Do you have an evidence for that? All I know is that the sahaba came as early as possible to the mosque and just kept praying sets of 2 rak'as until the call of prayer was made when the Prophet came out and after the prayer there are either 2 raka'a at the msoque and 2 at home or 4 at home which are recommended. – Medi1Saif Dec 02 '16 at 12:21
Is there any clarification for this ? There is a lot of confusion regarding this. – ahmad hamza Feb 21 '20 at 21:19

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 14 '14 at 13:30

Walikum 'Assalam,

You need to separate what's considered Friday prayer with what's considered something else.

Friday prayer is kutba + 2 rakat

Now there are sunnah prayers associated with the Friday prayer and those are the same as dhuhur.

Before the prayer = 2 or 4 rakat (depends which school you follow, for shafi'is the sunnah is fulfilled by doing 2, for hanafis the sunnah is fulfilled by doing 4)4)

After the prayer = 2 rakat

So these are all the prayers that are associated with the Friday prayer.

Additionally, there's a sunnah prayer called "salutation of the mosque", which are the 2 rakat you perform when you enter a mosque. Since people go to the mosque for Friday prayers, they usually do this sunnah as well.

How many Sunnat rakats are there in Jumma prayer?

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