Missed and Made Up Prayers
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What is the ruling on combining prayers, and what must be done regarding missed obligatory prayers due to long working hours? And is it obligatory to wake one's husband for the night vigil prayer (Salat al-Layl) on the wedding night?
Who are the chosen ones whom Allah made inheritors of the Book in His saying, "Then We made to inherit the Book those We chose from Our servants"?
What is the ruling on someone who has urinary incontinence ( سلس بول ) regarding their ablution ( wudu' ), and is it permissible for them to pray in clothes that have been affected by urine if it is difficult to change them? And is it permissible for them to combine prayers during travel or adverse weather conditions? And what is required of them if they sometimes perform ablution before the prayer time begins?
What is the ruling on someone who enters the prayer while the imam is bowing, and does not recite Al-Fatihah, or only omits its recitation in the first rak'ah, or leaves the prayer then re-enters it while the imam is bowing?
What is the ruling on beginning purification and prayer, then having intercourse after a slight discharge of blood mixed with secretions, especially with the use of an IUD and the change in the nature of the menstrual cycle?
Is there a house built for the afflicted and those who seek reward from Allah (Al-Muhtasib) in Paradise called "Bayt al-Hamd" (the House of Praise)? And what is the ruling on one who abandoned prayer before her death? And is it possible to do something that atones for her abandonment of prayer? And what are the deeds and charities that reach the deceased and benefit them?
Is it obligatory to abandon the Sunnah of raising the hands in prayer if the Imam does not do it, or to avoid annoying others, or to avoid the feeling of showing off?
What is the ruling on the prayer of a breastfeeding wife whose menstrual cycle dates fluctuate, and bleeding continued beyond her usual period, then exceeded the maximum duration of menstruation (15 days), only to be later discovered that it was blood resulting from an incomplete pregnancy, knowing that she stopped praying during these stages and resumed after visiting the doctor?
Does the prayer of the one being led invalidate if the Imam makes a mistake in reciting Al-Fatiha? And is it permissible for someone who has combined the Maghrib and 'Isha prayers and then returns wanting to pray 'Isha to lead the people in prayer?
Should one who was preempted (by the Imam) say another takbir (Allahu Akbar) when completing his prayer after joining the Imam during the Tashahhud, or prostration, or the last rak'ah, or is the first takbirat al-ihram sufficient, and should he recite only Al-Fatihah or Al-Fatihah and a surah in the rak'ahs he completes?
Is it permissible to combine two prayers if the intention was not made until after the Maghrib prayer and its supplications?
Is it permissible to perform the prayer and fasting on behalf of the deceased, and does this apply only to the sick person whom illness prevented from praying, or does it include every deceased person who missed prayers without an excuse, and one who originally abandoned prayer? What is the مقدار (amount) of expiation for prayer and fasting, and is it permissible to give its monetary value instead of feeding, and what is its current amount?
Is it obligatory to make up for previous Ramadans that were fasted without prayer, and what is the easiest way for a 17-year-old student to do so?
Is absence from Fajr prayer considered a sin despite trying to wake up, and does committing sins prevent one from waking up for it?
Is it permissible to make up missed prayers due to sleep at home, or must they be made up in the mosque? And is one who sleeps with the intention of waking up for the Asr prayer considered like one who deliberately delays the prayer?
Does the ruling on wiping over socks for a resident differ if she will be performing missed obligatory prayers on the same day in addition to the current prayers?
What is the ruling on praying Maghrib with long surahs until the time for Isha enters, and is praying the post-Maghrib sunnah prayer after the time for Isha has entered considered a qada'?
If my ablution, which I performed for the Fajr prayer, is not nullified, and the Dhuhr prayer call is made, how can I renew my ablution without performing it again?
Is it permissible to delay making up many missed prayers (for a year, for example) until the end of the day? Is there a sin in doing so, even if there is no preoccupation? Is it permissible to perform ablution at home beforehand for a missed prayer that will be made up later at work, especially with frequent flatulence?
What is the ruling on prayer while having committed adultery, and how does one make up for missed prayers due to it? What is required for sins to be expiated? Is a wife considered a wife merely upon the marriage contract, or after the wedding feast and bringing her to the home? If the answer is no, then what is the ruling on the daughter born [from such a union]?
What is the ruling regarding the prayers I previously missed based on an erroneous fatwa, estimated at approximately 150 days?
What should one do who has missed many prayers due to a legitimate Shar’i excuse, some of which are recorded and some of which are not recorded and whose number he does not remember, and how can they be made up given the time constraint?
Is it permissible to perform Umrah and Hajj, establish prayer, pay Zakat, seek forgiveness, and give charity on behalf of a deceased person who neither prayed nor fasted, and used to drink alcohol?
What is the ruling on latecomers in congregational prayer moving forward, right, left, or backward to complete the rak'ahs they missed, and is this movement obligatory or sunnah, and what is its extent?