Salah of Salman Al-Farsi

Question

Salam Alaikum. 1) For what time can the Salah of Salman Al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) be performed as an act of devotion? Until sunset? If performed at night, should it be done with the intention of making up for it? 2) Is it permissible to separate the ten rak'ahs by doing another task and then completing the rest? 3) The supplication mentioned to be recited after the Tasleem, should it be recited after every two rak'ahs or after completing all ten rak'ahs? [AR_ID:1789]

Answer 1

Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh

1) This prayer is performed with the intention of hope (1), and it is not mentioned in the narration of Salman Al-Farsi from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) that this prayer is only performed during the day. Salman Al-Farsi narrated: (I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) on the last day of Jumada Al-Akhirah at a time I had not entered before. He said, 'O Salman, you are one of us, the people of the house. Should I not tell you?' I said, 'Yes, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'O Salman, there is no believer, male or female, who prays thirty rak'ahs in this month, which is the month of Rajab... Salman said, 'I said, O Messenger of Allah, tell me how to pray these thirty rak'ahs and when to pray them.' He said, 'O Salman, you pray the first ten rak'ahs...')(2).

2) It is permissible to separate the rak'ahs of this prayer.

3) It appears that the supplication is recited after completing the prayer with its ten rak'ahs.

May you be successful in all good.

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References:

(1) Special inquiry from the office of His Eminence, Sayyid Khamenei, may Allah preserve him.

(2) Misbah Al-Mutahajjid and Silaah Al-Muta'abid, Vol. 2, p. 818