How many rakats in each prayer for Muslims?

Answer 1

It goes 2, 4, 4, 3, 4

Prayer number 1 of the day, the one before sunrise, is 2 raka

Afternoon prayer is 4 raka

evening prayer is also 4 raka

just after sunset prayer is 3 raka

and finally night time is 4 raka again.

All these are mandatory prayers

Plus Sunna prayers are optional prayers

There is a very good article at http://www.journeytojannah.com/salah.asp

That contains the following information:

The Second Pillar of Islam - Salah

Salah is the name given to the formal prayer in Islam. Salah is one of the obligatory rights of the religion, to be performed five times a day by Muslims. The importance of the salah can be understood by the following hadith.

On the authority of Abu 'Abd al-Rahman 'Abdullah bin 'Umar bin al-Khattab, radiyallahu 'anhuma, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, say: "Islam has been built upon five things - on testifying that there is no god save Allah, and that Muhammad is His Messenger; on performing salah; on giving the zakah; on Hajj to the House; and on fasting during Ramadhan."

[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

Salah is performed five times a day: at dawn (fajr), noon (dhuhr), in the afternoon (asr), at sunset (maghrib) and nightfall (isha'a)

Rakahs of Salah Chart Fajr Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Isha 2 Sunnah 4 Sunnah 4 Sunnah ---- 4 Sunnah 2 Fard 4 Fard 4 Fard 3 Fard 4 Fard 2 Sunnah 2 Sunnah 2 Sunnah 2 Nafl 2 Nafl 2 Nafl 3 Witr 2 Nafl