Salaatut Tasbeeh and Ishraaq

Q:

1. I wanted to ask you that if salat al tasbeeh was proven in hadith or not?

2. Is salat al ishraq valid even if one sleeps in between fajr and salat al ishraq?

3. And how many rakats should be offered?

A:

1. Yes. The hadeeth appears in Sunan Abu Dawood, Sunan Tirmizi and Sunan Ibnu Majah.

2. Yes.

3. 2 or 4 rakaats.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)