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Is it permissible to pray four continuous rak'ahs without tashahhud during the day, specifically before and after the Dhuhr prayer?

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The majority of scholars hold that it is preferable to perform voluntary prayers (nawafil) by offering two rak'ahs at a time, both during the day and night. However, it is permissible to pray four continuous rak'ahs during the day with a single tasleem. For one who prays four continuous rak'ahs, it is permissible to suffice with only the final tashahhud, although performing two tashahhuds is more meritorious. If one prays with a single tashahhud, they should recite a surah along with Al-Fatiha in all rak'ahs. If they perform two tashahhuds, they should recite a surah only in the first two rak'ahs. The Shafi'i and Hanbali schools have explicitly stated the permissibility of limiting oneself to a single tashahhud, and this is also the madhhab of Abu Hanifa and Abu Yusuf, differing from Muhammad and Zufar.

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