Missed and Made Up Prayers
1,857 questions
Why was Mut'ah (temporary marriage) made lawful then unlawful, then lawful then unlawful, and why would the Messenger, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, make lawful something he had previously forbidden, or something abhorrent, even if for a temporary period?
Is it permissible to repeat the Fajr prayer in two different congregations, and what is the correct intention for that, and is it permissible to intend to make up missed prayers in one of the two prayers?
What is meant by "sequence" in making up missed prayers, and is it obligatory to make up the missed prayers of a single day according to one's ability, or is it permissible to divide them over several days?
How does a man make up for the Tarawih prayer that he performed incorrectly in Ramadan, knowing that he will make it up after Ramadan, and does he make it up with the intention of it being Tarawih?
Is it obligatory to make up for missed prayers due to negligence in ritual purity for several years, and how should they be made up for?
Is one ablution sufficient for the Maghrib and Isha prayers for a woman who became pure from menstruation at Isha, or for the Fajr and Dhuhr prayers for a woman who missed Fajr, knowing that she suffers from continuous flatulence and urinary incontinence?
What is the ruling on prayers and obligatory duties that I performed while in a state of ritual impurity (janabah) due to ignorance? Are they considered void? How can they be made up? Is the ignorant person excused for this, or must he repent?
Is it sufficient to pray Witr with three rak'ahs and one tasleem if the Fajr athan has been called and most of the prayer occurred after its time began?
Must one make up for prayers missed due to ignorance of the obligation of purification by the white discharge or dryness, and what is the number of prayers that must be made up for?
Is it possible for someone who has stopped praying for 34 years and has repented to make up the missed prayers by praying for 10 days for each [missed] day, or must he feed the needy due to the long duration?
What is the ruling on prayers performed without ghusl due to ignorance of its obligation, and how can an unknown number of these prayers be made up, and is it permissible to postpone making up these prayers?
How can one make up a prayer missed due to sleep or travel, and with which prayer should one begin making up, especially if the time for Asr has begun and Dhuhr prayer was missed?
Is it a condition for the forty days to be continuous in the forty-day prayer, such that no obligatory prayer is missed during it, or can the number be completed even if some prayers are missed?
Is it necessary to stop performing the regular Sunnah prayers in order to make up for accumulated missed prayers, and which of the two takes precedence?
What is the ruling on the prayer of someone who reached the age of eighteen, was diligent in praying in the mosque, and showed signs of prostration, but did not know the meaning of purification until just before reaching this age? And is the hadith true that states that praying four rak'ahs on the last Friday of Ramadan, reciting Surat al-Kawthar and al-Qadr 15 times after al-Fatihah in each rak'ah, expiates 400 years of missed prayers, and for one's parents and relatives?
Should I make a separate iqama before each individual prayer if I missed more than one prayer and there is no place for congregational prayer?
What should a woman do if she vowed to spend an entire night in prayer and reading Qur'an, and her vow was fulfilled, but she experiences intermittent vaginal discharge ("rutubat al-farj") during prayer?
Are verbal additions in prayer compensated for by the prostration of forgetfulness, and what is the ruling on prayers in which verbal additions were made but the prostration of forgetfulness was not performed?
Is it permissible to perform one ghusl with the intention of removing ritual impurity for several menstrual cycles that have not been cleansed?
Is it obligatory to repeat the prayers that were performed while wearing a skirt made of wool with a small hole, which is suspected of revealing what is beneath it?
Is blood that comes down in small quantities, ten days after the end of the menstrual period and not at its usual time, due to the use of birth control pills, considered menstrual blood that prevents prayer and marital intimacy, especially with the wife's desire to make up missed prayers and fasting?
Is working at night forbidden because of Allah Almighty's saying: "And We made the night as a covering and We made the day for livelihood"? And is designing and drawing cartoon characters and animals by embroidery on children's clothes forbidden?
Am I bound to obey my mother and family regarding their requests made late at night?
What is the ruling on prayers that were not made up due to ignorance of the obligation to make them up for a menstruating woman? And what is the ruling on the 'Isha and Maghrib prayers when purity occurs after midnight? And does what was done out of ignorance or forgetfulness necessitate making it up?