Understand prayers we offer:

Fard: obligatory prayer

Sunnah: Prophet's tradition

Wajib: obligatory prayer (Denying a Fard makes one a non-Muslim but denying a Wajib makes one a sinner. One must make up any missed Fard or Wajib prayers.)

Nafl: voluntary prayer

And again how sunnah is divided:

The sunnah are again divided into Sunnah Muakkadah and Sunnah Ghair Muakkadah.

Sunnah Muakkadah: means an act that Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, always used to do. These rakats must be offered. (However if missed, there is no makeup or qada for it).

Sunnah Ghair Muakkadah: are sunnahs that Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, used to leave sometimes without any reason. These are not obligatory.

Thanks for reading.

I felt many of us have lack of clarity on this basic concept of Namaz we offer.

Jazakallah hu khair.

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