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The tawarruk style of sitting in the prayer

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Is the tawarruk only recommended for the obligatory prayers except salat al-fajr or is it recommended for every last sitting (including the nawafil (supererogatory prayers) of two rak`ahs) before giving final salams?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

It is sunna to sit in the tawarruk style after the last rak`ah of all prayers (obligatory or supererogatory). Imam Nawawi states in al-Majmu`, “It is in the texts that it is recommended to sit in the first tashahhud in the iftirash style, and in the second [s. tashahhud], the tawarruk style. If it is a prayer with two rak`ahs, one ends with the tawarruk style.

And Allah alone gives success.

Ali Hani

Kharabsheh, Amman, Jordan.

[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]

Note: The iftirash style of sitting, as well as the tawarruk, are explained and illustrated in the Reliance of the Traveler (pp. 139, 141).

 

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