What should one pray if they missed the Maghrib prayer due to an excuse and the time for Isha has come, and how should this prayer be performed? What is the ruling on praying Isha five minutes before its due time?
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If someone misses the Maghrib prayer until the time for Isha begins, they should pray Maghrib first and then Isha. The order between these two prayers, which share a common time, is obligatory. If someone prays Isha a few minutes before its time begins, their prayer is not valid and must be repeated, because Allah says: "Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a book [i.e., obligation] of specified times."
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