Missed and Made Up Prayers
1,857 questions
What should a latecomer do to complete the 'Isha prayer if he enters the mosque and the Imam is in the fourth rak'ah, and what should he recite in the fourth rak'ah and the two rak'ahs he missed?
What should a man do who missed the 'Asr prayer and found the Maghrib prayer already established in the mosque?
How can one overcome anxiety and worry about missed prayers and begin to commit to regular prayer, knowing that the questioner follows the Maliki school of thought?
What are the inverted, pregnant, and two-winged prayers?
What is the ruling on renewing one's ablution when the prayer is about to begin, given that some of its cycles have already been missed?
Is it obligatory to repeat the prayers a person led as an Imam while in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah), knowing that he was ignorant of the ruling and his father had commanded him to do so?
Should one make up for missed prayers that have not yet been made up for?
If a woman's menstruation ceases halfway through the day, is she obligated to pray the prayers she missed from that same day?
Is it permissible for me to intend to leave Islam and then re-enter it, in order to start praying anew and be relieved of making up missed prayers, due to the inability to make them up because of suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder?
What is the ruling regarding a woman refraining from prayer for two months after a surgical operation due to her inability to perform ghusl with water, and must she make up those prayers, knowing that she was only prevented from using water for ghusl and not for other uses? Is her making up of the missed prayers after each current prayer valid?
What is the correct action if the Maghrib and Isha prayers were missed by an Imam who led the people in Isha then Maghrib prayer? And is there anything upon him?
What is the ruling on obsessive thoughts (waswasah) concerning purification and prayer, and what should be done about them? Is washing with water after urination correct? And what is the ruling on previous prayers that were performed without knowledge of the obligation to wash the male organ?
What is the ruling for someone who found the imam prostrating in the second prostration of the second rak’ah in the ‘Asr prayer, then said the takbirat al-ihram and prostrated, following the imam inadvertently, and when the imam sat for the first tashahhud, what should the latecomer (masbuq) do regarding the two rak’ahs he missed? And should he recite half of the tashahhud or complete it? And should he recite a surah with Al-Fatihah in the two rak’ahs that are the beginning of his prayer? And should he recite half of the tashahhud in the imam's final tashahhud (which is the first for the latecomer)? And should he stand up saying the takbir after the imam’s taslim? And should the latecomer intend to follow the imam?
Is the age of 18 considered the correct age of accountability ( تكليف)? And what should someone who has been making up missed prayers based on this age do, if they had intended to continue making up missed prayers for life: should they abide by their vow or suffice with supererogatory prayers?
What is the ruling on a female student combining the Dhuhr and Asr prayers—without a [valid Islamic] excuse—due to the unavailability of a prayer area in her school?
What are the conditions for fasting?
What is the ruling on one who missed the Dhuhr prayer and upon whom the 'Asr [time] arrived without an excuse?
Should the Sunnah prayers of Fajr and Maghrib be made up if their time has passed?
Can one repent after having abandoned prayer multiple times?
Would the failure to make up missed prayers out of laziness, after his repentance and commitment to prayer, be a reason for him not to be cured of his illness?
Is the prayer of a traveler valid if he intended to delay Maghrib so as to pray it shortened with a congregation praying 'Ishaa', and he joined them in the second rak'ah, knowing this during the prayer, which would make his prayer an even number of rak'ahs and not an odd number?
Is there a sin for not washing the ears in ghusl previously out of ignorance, and is it obligatory to repeat the ghusl or make up the missed prayers for the same reason?
Is the prayer of one who entered the mosque and found the congregation performing a prostration of forgetfulness valid if he prostrated with them believing it to be a prostration of prayer, then made the salutation with the Imam, left the rest of the prayer, and went to pray with another congregation from the beginning?
Do supererogatory acts and voluntary prayers compensate for missed obligatory prayers or those that were deficiently performed?