مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ١٧٦ - RECOMMENDED PRAYERS

prayers within the prescribed time he can. while offering the prayers, turn his intention to qazaprayers. However, it is necessary that it should be possible to turn the intention to qaza prayers. For example, if he is offering midday prayers he can turn his intention todawn prayers only when he has not entered the bowing of the third unit.

RECOMMENDED PRAYERS
٧٧٢. There are many recommended prayers (Nafila), but more stress has been laid on the daily recommended prayers. The number of the units of these prayers everydayother than Friday is ٣٤. It is as follows ٨ units for midday prayers, ٨ units for afternoon prayers. ٤ units for dusk prayers. ٨ units for night prayers. ١١ unitsfor midnight prayers and ٢ units for dawn prayers.
In accordance with obligatory precaution the night (Isha) recommended prayers should be offered in the sitting posture. Its ٢ units are, therefore, treated to be equal toone only. But on Friday ٤ units are added to the ١٦ units of the midday and the afternoon prayers, and it is better that all these ٢٠ units are offered before the sundeclines.
٧٧٣. Out of the ١١ units of the midnight nafila ٨ units should be offered with the intention of the midnight nafila. ٢ units with the intention of Shafa prayers,and ١ unit with the intention of witr prayers. Complete instructions regarding the midnight nafila are given in the books of prayers.
٧٧٤. Nafila prayers can be offered in the sitting posture. However, it is better that ٢ units of nafila prayers offered in the sitting posture are reckoned to beequal to ١ unit. For example, if a person wishes to offer midday nafila which consists of ٨ units, in a sitting posture, it is better that he should offer ١٦ units. And if hewishes to offer witr prayers while sitting he should offer two prayers of ١ unit each in the sitting posture.