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How many rak‘ahs is each prayer?

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The short answer

The obligatory (fard) rak‘ahs are common to the four schools: Fajr 2, Dhuhr 4, Asr 4, Maghrib 3 and Isha 4, with 2 for Jumu‘ah and 2 for Eid (R1). Sunnah and Witr rak‘ahs vary by school. The tables below give each school’s numbers as its cited source states them. This page does not give rulings and does not add the numbers together.

Obligatory rak‘ahs

Common to the four schools: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam (R1)

Prayer	Fard
Fajr	2
Dhuhr	4
Asr	4
Maghrib	3
Isha	4
Jumu‘ah	2
Eid	2

Sunnah and Witr rak‘ahs vary by school.
Who the Jumu‘ah and Eid prayers apply to varies by school and circumstance.

Sunnah and Witr

Each table below names its school and its sources. Columns run in order: before the fard, the fard, after it. Codes in brackets point to the sources at the end of the page.

According to the Hanafi school: Diyanet (R2, R3, R4, R5, R6)

Prayer	Before	Fard	After	Witr
Fajr	2 sunnah	2
Dhuhr	4 sunnah	4	2 sunnah
Asr	4 sunnah	4
Maghrib		3	2 sunnah
Isha	4 sunnah	4	2 sunnah	3 wajib
Jumu‘ah	4 sunnah	2	4 sunnah
Tarawih			20 sunnah

Jumu‘ah. According to Abu Yusuf, the final sunnah is 6 rak‘ahs (R3).
Tarawih. Ramadan only. It may also be prayed at home as 8–18 rak‘ahs (R5).

In this view, Witr is considered wajib (R4).

According to the Shafi‘i school: SeekersGuidance (R9), Islamweb (R10)

Prayer	Before	Fard	After
Fajr	2 emphasized	2
Dhuhr	2 emphasized 2 non-emphasized	4	2 emphasized 2 non-emphasized
Asr	4 non-emphasized	4
Maghrib	2 non-emphasized	3	2 emphasized
Isha	2 non-emphasized	4	2 emphasized

Witr is a separate emphasized sunnah; 1 rak‘ah is valid, 3–11 preferred (R1, R9).
Rawatib sunnahs: 10 emphasized, 12 non-emphasized (R9, R10).

According to the Hanbali school: Islamweb (R10)

Prayer	Before	Fard	After
Fajr	2 sunnah	2
Dhuhr	2 sunnah	4	2 sunnah
Asr		4
Maghrib		3	2 sunnah
Isha		4	2 sunnah

In this view the rawatib sunnahs are 10 rak‘ahs; there is no rawatib for Asr (R10).
Witr is 1–11 rak‘ahs (R1).

According to the Maliki school: Islamweb (R10)

No fixed number is set for the voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones (R10).
Witr is 3 rak‘ahs, with salam after the 2nd and the 3rd (R1).

Sources

The list is closed: a number appears on this page only if one of these sources states it. Titles are given as the publisher wrote them.

R1 · TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «Rek‘at» maddesi (in Turkish)
Obligatory rak‘ahs, the obligatory rak‘ahs of Jumu‘ah and Eid, Witr and Tarawih across the schools
R2 · Diyanet Haber, Beş vakit namazın kılınışı (in Turkish)
Hanafi daily sunnahs and the Witr breakdown
R3 · Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu, Cuma namazı kaç rekâttır (in Turkish)
The sunnahs of Jumu‘ah; the final sunnah according to Abu Yusuf
R4 · Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu, Vitir namazı nedir, nasıl kılınır (in Turkish)
Witr: three rak‘ahs, wajib in the Hanafi school and sunnah in the others
R5 · Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu, Teravih namazı kaç rekâttır (in Turkish)
Tarawih 20 rak‘ahs; praying 8–18 at home
R6 · Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu, Teravih namazının hükmü ve mahiyeti (in Turkish)
Tarawih as a whole is an emphasized sunnah
R7 · Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu, Sünnetleri terk etmenin sakıncası (in Turkish)
The concepts of emphasized and non-emphasized sunnah
R8 · Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu, Zuhr-i âhir (in Turkish)
Zuhr al-akhir; not shown as a separate row on this page
R9 · SeekersGuidance, Order of sunnah prayers in the Shafi‘i school
Shafi‘i rawatib sunnahs: 10 emphasized, 12 non-emphasized
R10 · Islamweb, Fatwa 84719 · Number of rawaatib prayers
Hanbali rawatib 10; no fixed number in the Maliki school

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