Missed and Made Up Prayers
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Is it obligatory to make up for the prayers and fasting missed at the beginning of puberty, given the difficulty in making them up and the ignorance of some rulings regarding purity and prayer during that period?
What is the ruling on someone who masturbated in Ramadan out of ignorance of its ruling, knowing that he is unable to make up the days and that he was not praying, and he now wishes to repent and pronounce the Shahada?
Is a rak'ah counted if the Imam prostrates for forgetfulness while the worshipper is prostrating behind him?
I am 12 years old, and I did not pray, so how do I atone for that?
Is making up prayers an obligation or a recommendation?
What is incumbent upon me regarding missed prayers and fasting, and am I obligated to feed ten needy persons despite not possessing sufficient funds and without my parents' knowledge?
Does delaying a prayer until hearing the adhan for the next prayer render it outside its prescribed time, and is the reward of one who prays immediately upon hearing the adhan equal to that of one who prays a short while before the entry of the next prayer's time?
Is a mentally ill person—who has lost the ability to control their life and neglected their religious duties—held accountable by Allah Almighty for their actions resulting from the illness?
What should I do regarding the conflict between the fatwas of Ibn Uthaymeen and Ibn Baz concerning the make-up of intentionally missed prayers? And must I repent anew and perform ghusl? And what is the ruling on my prayers and worship since my repentance? And do the prayers I performed without wudu have the same ruling as making them up?
What should a worshiper do if they feel urine descending during prayer, whether praying alone or behind an Imam, and then doubt it?
What is the ruling on being negligent in performing my Maghrib and 'Isha prayers due to sleep, knowing that I do not make up the missed prayers?
What is the ruling regarding a wife who does not purify herself from ritual impurity (janabah) but claims to her husband that she has done so?
What is the ruling on the Fajr prayer if the Imam forgot the second prostration in the second rak'ah and performed the prostration of forgetfulness (sujood al-sahw) after the tasleem, and does the worshipper follow the Imam in the prostration of forgetfulness if he himself did not make a mistake?
Is it necessary to specify the time and date when making up missed prayers, especially if that is difficult?
Is the prayer of one who missed the first congregation and prayed in a second congregation, led by an Imam who prays quickly, valid, given that he recites Al-Fatiha quickly and without concentration?
Do the prayers that were performed out of ignorance and obsessive doubts, which led to strange actions such as verbalizing the intention or repeatedly performing the prostration of forgetfulness, have to be made up, given that their number or timing is not remembered in relation to the period of apostasy?
Is the prayer of one who repeated the saying of "Amen" twice, or raised his hands twice with the Takbir other than the opening Takbir inadvertently, or completed the Tasbeeh while raising his head from prostration, permissible? Does prayer become invalid due to unintentional actions? Is it permissible to make up missed prayers for 41 days, and to make up the prayers of a single day from Fajr to Isha?
Is it permissible to go out and move around in ritually impure (najis) clothes? What is the ruling on the spread of ritual impurity (najāsa) in the home due to urinary incontinence (sils al-bawl) and lack of purification? And does Allah forgive those who have been negligent in this and abandoned prayer?
What is the ruling on making up missed prayers by starting with the Fajr prayer instead of the Dhuhr prayer? Is this considered negligence? Must the worship be repeated if a mistake in the ijtihad becomes clear? Does the Prophet's (peace be upon him) combining of prayers or his making them up in order indicate the obligation of sequential order?
What is the ruling on one who did not pray Fajr until he reached sixty years of age; will Allah forgive him for what he missed, or is he obligated to make up for what he abandoned?
Is there proof in the Sunnah or the Qur’an indicating the need to make up missed prayers for one who has abandoned prayer for years, and if there is no proof, what should he do to seek forgiveness and avoid being held accountable for them on the Day of Resurrection?
Is a woman afflicted with dementia obligated to repeat or make up the prayers she missed during the times she was not conscious?
Is it permissible for my mother to stop praying due to involuntary urination, and what should I do about that?
Is the hadith: "Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; if he cannot, then with his heart, and that is the weakest of faith. And he who is silent about evil is like its doer," authentic?