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How does one make up the Dhuhr, Asr, and Isha prayers after performing the Maghrib prayer, for someone who enters the home a little before the Isha prayer? Is the order between these prayers essential?

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Delaying the prayer beyond its appointed time without a valid excuse—such as forgetfulness or sleep—is forbidden and goes against Allah's command to establish prayer at its proper time, in accordance with His saying: "Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a book [to be observed at] fixed times." (Quran 4:103). Whoever delays it without an excuse falls under His saying: "So woe to those who pray, [But] who are heedless of their prayer." (Quran 107:4-5). One must repent to Allah for this, and work is not an excuse; rather, one must pray when its time enters, then resume work. If a prayer is missed, whether due to an excuse or otherwise, it must be made up, while observing the correct order between the missed prayers and between them and the current prayer. However, if one prayer is performed before another, such as performing Maghrib before Dhuhr and Asr, the prayer is valid because order is not a condition for the validity of the prayer in this case.

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