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How are the regular Sunnah prayers performed after the obligatory prayers according to the Shafi'i school?

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The method of performing the regular Sunnah prayers according to the Shafi'i school: The minimum perfect number is ten rak'ahs: two rak'ahs before Dhuhr, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, two rak'ahs after Isha, and two rak'ahs before Fajr. The most perfect number is eighteen rak'ahs: two rak'ahs before Fajr, two rak'ahs after Maghrib, two rak'ahs after Isha, four before Dhuhr and four after it, and four before Asr. One makes the taslim after every two rak'ahs in the four-rak'ah Sunnah prayers.

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