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Is Fajr Prayer to be prayed silently after sunrise when its time has expired?

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The manner of recitation when making up missed prayers has different scenarios: 1. If a missed night prayer is made up at night, the recitation is audible (jahr). 2. If a missed day prayer is made up during the day, the recitation is silent (sirr). 3. If a missed day prayer is made up at night, or a missed night prayer is made up during the day, there is a difference of opinion: The first opinion (preferred by Al-Nawawi): The determining factor is the time of making up the prayer; thus, one recites audibly at night and silently during the day. The second opinion (the preferred and fatwa-issued view): The determining factor is the time when the prayer was missed. Therefore, a prayer that is normally recited audibly should be made up audibly (even if during the day), and a prayer that is normally recited silently should be made up silently (even if at night); this is because making up a prayer imitates its original performance (al-qada' yahki al-ada').

Supporting the preferred opinion is the hadith of the Prophet, peace be upon him, making up the Fajr prayer after sunrise, where he recited audibly, and the statements of Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen that "making up a prayer imitates its original performance."

In all cases, the prayer is valid regardless of the manner in which it is performed.

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