Ada
*Ada* is performing an act of worship inside the time the law set for it.
What it means for me: This is why a mufti's first question about a missed or delayed prayer is often 'when did you pray it?'. The answer decides which chapter of fiqh applies: ada, or the different rules for qada. Knowing the time matters as much as knowing the act itself.
Example: A man wakes to find the sun already up and asks about the dawn prayer. From the answer's first line, he learns his question is no longer about ada. It has moved to a different chapter.
Do not confuse with: *Qada* and *i'adah*. Ada is done in time, and qada is done after time runs out. I'adah repeats the act within the same time, for a defect in the first try.
If scholars differ: Some scholars call a person who caught part of the time and finished after it ended a performer of ada. Others call the same person someone who is making qada. The difference is named here as a difference and not decided; the mufti is the reference.
See the term in context
Is performing the Fajr Sunnah immediately after Fajr prayer and before the Fajr time expires considered a make-up (Qada') or on-time (Ada') performance?
Scholars have differed regarding the permissibility of performing the Fajr sunnah (supererogatory prayer) after the obligatory prayer and before sunrise. Among those who permitted its performance, there were varying…
If one intended to pray Dhuhr in conjunction with Asr (Jam' al-Taqdim), then the Maghrib call to prayer was made before commencing the Asr prayer, should Asr be prayed as a timely performance (ada'an) or as a make-up (qada'an)?
If someone intended to combine Dhuhr and Asr prayers by delaying them, and Maghrib prayer overtook them before they performed Asr, then it becomes obligatory for them to perform it as a make-up (qada'), because its time…
Is the 'Asr prayer that I performed in congregation after the Maghrib call to prayer considered a qada' (make-up) or ada' (on-time) prayer, knowing that the congregation had already begun their prayer before the 'Asr time had expired?
The adhan heard after sunset signals the departure of Asr prayer's time, making the prayer a qada' (performed after its prescribed time). Performing a prayer, either in whole or in part, within its prescribed time is…
Questions that use it
Is it considered an innovation (bid‘ah) to specify the supplication “Allahumma inni as’aluka ‘aysh al-su‘ada’ wa mawt al-shuhada’ wa al-hashra ma‘a al-atqiya’ wa murafaqat al-anbiya’ (O Allah, I ask You for the life of the blessed, the death of martyrs, resurrection with the pious, and the companionship of prophets)” in the last prostration of supererogatory prayers?
What is the difference between masturbation, "ada sirriya" (a common euphemism for masturbation), "tafreedh" (a specific type of manual stimulation often translated as "fingering" in a sexual context), or masturbation by one's wife, from the Sharia, physical, and psychological perspectives?
Does the time for the Fajr prayer end at sunrise or after the period of illumination ends? And is praying between the beginning and end of illumination cconsidered to be on time (ada') or a makeup (qada')?