How to Perform Solat Hajat

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2023-10-19 • 13 min read

How to Solat Hajat

What is commonly sought from life is to live with purpose. Our objectives in life are part of shaping our

individual definitions of purpose. It guides and pulls us towards our respective destinations. This is why
setting good intentions is of utmost importance in our Islamic tradition.

Read: The Power of Intention in Islam: 3 Things You Need to Know

As our wishes are not commonly granted on a silver platter, we have to work hard and strive to achieve
these objectives. Amongst our efforts is to pray Solat Hajat.

What is Solat Hajat?

Solat Hajat is a sunnah prayer of two raka’at, performed with the intention to seek help from Allah s.w.t.

that what is prayed or sought for will be accepted and realised.

Hajat is the Arabic word for need, desire or necessity. When we have a need or want our prayers to be

answered, we can perform the Solat Hajat prayer. There have been several hadiths that mention this prayer.

One such narration is that it is a sunnah of the Prophet that has rewards for performing it by itself. The

Prophet s.a.w. taught us in a hadith:

ِ#ْ َ ‫ص )ل َر ْك َعت‬ 1 ‫خ ْل ِق ِه فَ ْليَت َ َو‬

َ ُ‫ضأ ْ َو ْلي‬ َ ‫ِ أ َ ْو إِ َلى أ َ َح ٍد ِم ْن‬1A‫اج ٌة إِ َلى ا‬
َ ‫ت َل ُه َح‬
ْ َ‫َم ْن َكان‬

Whoever has a Hajat (need) from Allah or from any of His creation, let him perform wudhu’ (ablution) and
 pray two raka’at (of prayer).

(Sunan Ibn Majah)

How to perform Solat Hajat

Just like other sunnah prayers, it is performed in two raka’at. Although that being said, we may perform

more than one set of prayers.

1. The Solat Hajat prayer begins by establishing the Niat (intention):

‫ل ِه تَ َعا َلى‬1 ِ‫ِ ل‬#َ‫اج ِة َرك َعت‬ َ ‫ َة‬1 ‫سن‬

َ ‫الح‬ ُ ‫ص )لي‬
َ ُ‫أ‬

Usolli sunnatal-hajati rak'ataini lillah ta'ala

I intend to pray the Sunnah Hajat prayer, two raka'at, for Allah s.w.t.

2. Give the Takbir (Takbiratul-Ihram) and perform a two raka’at prayer

3. End the prayer with Salam

The Solat Hajat prayer is best performed individually as other voluntary Sunnah prayers, but you may also

perform them in congregation especially when there is a dire cause for communal effort.

Is there a specific time to perform the Sunnah Hajat prayers?