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Raghaib (the special supererogatory prayers: the Maliki sense, the Fajr sunna, and the prayers of Rajab and mid-Sha'ban that the Hanafis and Shafi'is call innovation)

الرغائب

Raghaib is the plural of raghiba, a great gift or a good deed urged upon the believer; for the Malikis it is what the Law favours without its being done in congregation, and it may name the Fajr sunna. 1 2 The Hanafis and Shafi'is hold that the special prayer on the first Friday of Rajab or on mid-Sha'ban, with a fixed manner or number, is a reprehensible innovation, and the traditions for it are judged fabricated. 3 2 For the Malikis the raghiba is the Fajr sunna, which the Hanafis count among the strongest sunnas and the Shafi'is and Hanbalis among the regular sunnas. 2

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The Prophetic Era
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Raghaib is the plural of raghiba, a great gift or a good deed urged upon the believer; for the Malikis it is what the Law favours without its being done in congregation, and it may name the Fajr sunna. 1 2 The Hanafis and Shafi'is hold that the special prayer on the first Friday of Rajab or on mid-Sha'ban, with a fixed manner or number, is a reprehensible innovation, and the traditions for it are judged fabricated. 3 2 For the Malikis the raghiba is the Fajr sunna, which the Hanafis count among the strongest sunnas and the Shafi'is and Hanbalis among the regular sunnas. 2

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The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Al-Aqiq: the valley as a place of ihram and the carnelian stone in law (aqiq)· Hady (animal offered to the Sacred Precinct)· Rulings on the hajj· Hatma' (a sacrificial animal with its front teeth gone: its fitness)· Ihram (the state of consecration for hajj or umra)· Ihsar (being prevented from completing the rite)· The Kaaba and prayer toward it (kaʿba)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8795
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8797
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8796
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islam.museum contributors. “Raghaib (the special supererogatory prayers: the Maliki sense, the Fajr sunna, and the prayers of Rajab and mid-Sha'ban that the Hanafis and Shafi'is call innovation)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/raghaib-fiqh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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