Sunset prayer
Maghrib
Welcome the evening with gratitude.
3 fard followed by 2 sunnah. The imam recites aloud in the first two fard rak‘ahs and quietly in the third.
How Maghrib breaks down
Maghrib · 3 Fardh· Main prayer · 31 steps
This is the required part. Give obligatory worship priority when learning and maintaining your prayers. Its place in the timeline does not make it less important than the Sunnah before it.
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Step 1 of 31 · Rak‘ah 1
Intention
StandingMake your intention in your heart for the prayer you are about to offer. With wudu, face the qiblah in a clean place, with the required parts of the body covered. A spoken formula is not required.
Read the source ↗Maghrib · 2 Sunnah· After Fardh · 23 steps
A regular, emphasized practice of the Prophet. Keep it distinct from the obligatory prayer; this Hanafi schedule gives it its own beginning and ending.
Read the source ↗Step 1 of 23 · Rak‘ah 1
Intention
StandingMake your intention in your heart for the prayer you are about to offer. With wudu, face the qiblah in a clean place, with the required parts of the body covered. A spoken formula is not required.
Read the source ↗Maghrib · 2 Nafl· After Sunnah · 23 steps
This is additional voluntary worship, beyond the regular Sunnah. It is a choice, not a required addition to the prayer.
Read the source ↗Step 1 of 23 · Rak‘ah 1
Intention
StandingMake your intention in your heart for the prayer you are about to offer. With wudu, face the qiblah in a clean place, with the required parts of the body covered. A spoken formula is not required.
Read the source ↗Have wudu (ritual washing), clean clothing and a clean place. Cover the required parts of the body, check the prayer time, and face the qiblah (towards the Ka'bah in Makkah).