Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub from Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from Abdullah ibn al-Mughirah who said: Mu‘adh ibn Muslim narrated to me: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: “Do not leave off reciting ‘Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad’ (Surah al-Ikhlas) and ‘Qul ya ayyuhal-kafirun’ (Surah al-Kafirun) in seven places: - In the two rak‘ahs before Fajr, - The two rak‘ahs of Zawal (midday supererogatory prayer), - The two rak‘ahs after Maghrib, - The first two rak‘ahs of the Night Prayer (‘Salat al-Layl’), - The two rak‘ahs of ‘Ihram’ (entering prayer), - The two rak‘ahs of Fajr if you begin your day with them, - The two rak‘ahs of ‘Tawaf’ (circumambulation).”