Then he -asws said: ‘Hold on!’ And he -asws counted by his -asws hand – ‘The midday is eight (8 Rak’at ), and four after Al-Al-Zohr , and four before Al-Al-Asr , and two Rak’at after Al-Maghrib , and two Rak’at before Al-Isha the last (4), and two Rak’at after Al-Al-Isha while seated, accounted as one Rak’at while standing (1), and eight for the night Salāt (8) , and Al-Witr is of three (3), and two Rak’at of Al-Fajr (2), and the Obligatory ones are seventeen (17).
So that is fifty-one (51 Rak’at )’. [7] Also, one must not leave out four (4) Rak’at (offered two Rak’at and then two Rak’at) after finishing Al-Maghrib Salāt: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ لَا تَدَعْهُنَّ فِي حَضَرٍ وَ لَا سَفَرٍ .
Mohammed ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Mohammed from al-Hussain ibn Sa’id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Yahya al-Halabiy from al-Harith ibn al-Mughirah who has said: ‘Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws has said: ‘There are four (4) Rak’at after Al-Al-Maghrib.
You must not omit them, regardless of being on a journey or while at home.’ [8] Merits of Combining Salāt: فَقَالَ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ يَزِيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَ التَّعْقِيبُ بَعْدَ الْغَدَاةِ وَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ يَزِيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَ صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ يَزِيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَ كَسْحُ الْفِنَاءِ يَزِيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَ مُوَاسَاةُ الْأَخِ فِي اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ تَزِيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ (Amir Al-Momineen -asws ) said: ‘The gathering between the two (compulsory) Salāts increases in the sustenance (An Extract).
[9] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ النَّاقِدِ قَالَ تَفَرَّقَ مَا كَانَ فِي يَدِي وَ تَفَرَّقَ عَنِّي حُرَفَائِي فَشَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ لِي اجْمَعْ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ الظُّهْرِ وَ الْعَصْرِ تَرَى مَا تُحِبُّ . Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Abbas Al Naqid who said, ‘There has separated from me what was in my hands (belongings) and there have separated my business associates from me.
So, I complained of that to Abu Muhammad -asws , and he -asws said to me: ‘Gather between the two Salāts , Al-Al-Zohr and Al-Al-Asr. You shall see what you love’.