Missed and Made Up Prayers
1,857 questions
Is it permissible for a traveler to combine the Maghrib and Isha prayers by delaying them if the call to Maghrib prayer is made while he is on the plane, knowing that he will still be traveling after disembarking, and that the discretionary time for Isha prayer will not have ended upon his arrival home?
Does the prayer of a latecomer become nullified if he stands up before the Imam says the first Tasleem?
Is delaying Fajr prayer until after the Adhan, with the strong presumption of oversleeping and missing its time, considered intentional negligence, and does it necessitate uttering the Two Testimonies, and is it permissible to delay making up missed prayers in this manner?
How can I maintain performing supererogatory prayers despite time constraints due to evening school, given that I have started to abandon them except for the Fajr supererogatory prayer?
Does an accepted Hajj expiate previous shortcomings in prayer?
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah on a husband forcing his wife to sit with him while he watches movies containing forbidden things (munkarat) and listens to musical instruments, and is the wife considered disobedient if she refuses to do so?
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?
1. Is borrowing money from the bank to build a fully equipped house considered usury, and if so, what is the way to seek forgiveness for this sin, especially given the inability to repay the loan due to straitened circumstances? 2. How accurate is it to consider someone who dies in a horrific accident and a gruesome death a martyr, and is it permissible for my husband to perform the missed prayers on behalf of his deceased friend who did not pray?
How can one make up for missed prayers after the cessation of postpartum bleeding (nifas) and the discharge of discolored fluid for fifty days, and is it permissible to make up prayers after the Fajr and Dhuhr prayers, or is making them up after Asr disliked, taking into consideration suffering from obsessive thoughts regarding prayer?
What is the ruling on breaking the fast in Ramadan and praying after having stopped doing so for nearly four years? Is expiation (qada') obligatory? And how can we financially support our brothers in Syria?
Does my mother no longer have to make up the prayers she missed after she committed to prayer and performed 'Umrah three times? What must she do to make up for what she missed, and should she perform supererogatory prayers?
What is entailed for someone who was unaware of the necessity of washing the heels (ʿaqibayn) during ablution and prayed many prayers, and is he required to repeat them?
What is intention, and how do I know that I have formed an intention? Does ablution (wudu), prayer (salat), ritual bathing after major impurity (ghusl from janabah), and embracing Islam become invalid if I interrupt the intention or doubt it? Is ritual bathing (ghusl), repentance, and uttering the two testimonies of faith (shahadatayn) sufficient for someone who abandoned prayer due to severe obsessive whispers (waswas)?
Should the 'Isha, Shaf' and Witr prayers be made up if missed?
Is it permissible to make up missed prayers—those that were mistakenly performed before their prescribed time—at a rate of ten prayers per day, and is someone who is negligent in making up missed prayers considered an infidel?
Is the prayer of one who caught the last رکعة with the Imam, then prayed two رکعات after the Imam’s Taslim, then followed it with a final رکعة and a prostration of forgetfulness, valid?
How can one make up missed prayers while ensuring the performance of the 'Isha prayer on time, given the time constraint?
What is the difference between the error of a scholar who is paid for it and Bid‘ah (innovation in religion)? And does the ruling on an ordinary person who falls into Bid‘ah due to a fatwa from a scholar he trusts differ from that on others among Ahl Al-Sunnah (the Sunnis)?
Does the ablution of a person afflicted with urinary incontinence become void with the passing of one-third or one-half of the night?
What is the ruling on making up intermittent missed prayers whose number and order are not remembered? And is order obligatory in making them up?
Will God accept the repentance of a young man who does not pray and steals, and wishes to repent, and will He forgive his sins?
Must a woman re-perform the prayers for the day on which her menstrual blood was delayed in exiting and remained inside the vagina, and is a woman considered to be menstruating merely by seeing blood upon inserting a cotton swab, or must the blood flow and exit?
What is the solution to the problem of abandoning prayer due to the obsessive thought of recurrent urine drops exiting during ablution and prayer, which leads to a lack of focus in prayer and avoidance of reading the Qur’an?
Did the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and the Companions pray the two Rak'ahs of Fajr after Fajr, and the two Rak'ahs after Dhuhr only, without the two Rak'ahs before it? And is this permissible, or is it considered an innovation?