Must one make up the Maghrib prayer if menstruation begins a few minutes after sunset?
Scholars differ regarding one who experiences an impediment, such as insanity or menstruation, after the prayer time has begun: whether they are obligated to make up that prayer after the impediment is removed. There are several opinions:
The First Opinion: If one experiences an impediment after enough time has passed to say the takbirat al-ihram, they are obligated to make up the prayer once the impediment is removed.
The Second Opinion: If enough time has passed to perform the obligatory prayer before the impediment occurred, then making up the prayer is obligatory. If the time experienced was less than what is needed to perform the obligatory prayer, then making it up is not obligatory.
The Third Opinion: Making up the prayer is not obligatory unless one has experienced enough time from its period to complete a full rak'ah. This is based on the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the prayer has caught the prayer."
Accordingly, whoever catches enough of the prayer to perform one rak'ah before menstruation begins must make up that prayer once she becomes pure.
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