Missed and Made Up Prayers
1,857 questions
Must one make up for a prayer if, while making up consecutive prayers, one doubted whether one had stood up after reciting the Fatiha or after straightening up from bowing, and one considered it to be after bowing because one is prone to doubt?
What should one do if he missed the first two rak'ahs of 'Isha prayer with the Imam, and caught up with the last two, then completed his prayer and made a mistake in the last rak'ah?
Is it permissible for me not to make up the prayer if I doubted what I saw after seeing the white discharge, whether it was a yellowish discharge or normal wetness, and I considered it a yellowish discharge, based on the principle of choosing what is easier for me?
Is it necessary to make up the two rak'ahs of Fajr immediately upon purification from menstruation, or can they be delayed until the next Fajr time?
Is the prayer valid if the intention for prayer was not made immediately before the opening takbir, and is the initial intention for both Dhuhr and Asr prayers sufficient when combining them, even if I did not call to mind the intention for Asr before performing it?
What is the expiation for a false oath made out of ignorance, and is it permissible to pray an obligatory prayer during a prohibited time?
Is it necessary to make up missed prayers by performing two prayers after each prescribed prayer? And is this a matter of scholarly consensus, or is it a view held solely by Al-Dasuqi?
Are the black and brown discharges that appeared forty days after childbirth, while taking birth control pills, considered menstruation, with all the rulings that entails?
What is the expiation for one who vowed to fast for a month but did not fast, even though he was able to, and can this fasting be compensated for by something else? And what is the expiation for one who vowed to pray for his entire life but did not adhere to it?
Is one who abandons prayer considered a disbeliever, such that he must renew his Islam and utter the Two Testimonies, or is repentance and adherence to prayer sufficient?
Should I perform what I doubt to have missed of prayers, if I had postponed them on a certain day due to different circumstances than previous days?
What is the ruling on making up prayers missed for many years, given the presence of obsessive-compulsive thoughts related to ablution, impurities, and the opening takbeer (takbeerat al-ihram)?
Is it obligatory to make up the prayers that were missed due to ignorance of how to perform ghusl from janabah for four or five years, and what is the expiation for that?
Is repentance obligatory for delaying prayer until the end of its time when the onset of menstruation is expected, and is prayer immediately obligatory upon its expected onset, which may last for days? And is it obligatory not to delay making up missed prayers when the onset of menstruation is expected?
What should a questioner do regarding his past prayers that he missed out of ignorance and numerous expiations for oaths, given his retraction from a promise he made to a scholar who gave him a fatwa against making them up, and the scholar's threat to contend with him on the Day of Resurrection and take his good deeds?
Does financial expiation suffice for an oath paid through another person’s account, and is it valid to fast the three days as expiation despite doubt about financial ability at the time it becomes due? What are the consequences of saying "By God" or similar phrases without the intention of swearing an oath, and then stopping? Is the thick white fluid that emerged after finishing studying considered semen, and what is meant by "desire" when it exits, and what is the ruling on missed prayers if it was semen?
Must one make up prayers and fasting, given that one does not recall masturbating during Ramadan, was previously ignorant of its prohibition, and does not recall the emission of anything necessitating ghusl?
Are the prayers in which there was much doubt and for which the two prostrations of forgetfulness were performed considered valid, or must they be made up?
What is the ruling regarding the Maghrib and 'Isha prayers that were not performed due to the onset of water discharge before childbirth, and what is the ruling regarding the Fajr prayer performed with an ablution that preceded an internal examination, after which the ablution was not renewed?
How can prayers that were not performed on time be made up? Are they made up with the intention of making up for them or as a voluntary act? And what is the method for making up missed prayers? Are they made up all at once for several days, or is each missed prayer made up with its equivalent current prayer?
Does the repentance of one who abandoned prayer after observing it—due to Satan and bad company—and is now determined to repent, get accepted?
Did they [the scholars] reach a consensus on the obligation of immediately making up missed prayers, such that one would perform two prayers with each [obligatory] prayer daily?
What is the ruling on retracting an oath I made — to myself — that I would not shave my beard, in support of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him? And will I bear a burden of sin if I retract it? What are the requirements for growing a beard, and is it permissible to trim it? Is it permissible to shave it if one's wife is repulsed by it?
What is the ruling on one who doubts having made up a missed prayer due to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that does not always afflict him, coupled with the strong presumption that he has made it up?