Missed and Made Up Prayers
1,857 questions
Does the lack of continuity in making up missed prayers and in worship, along with the heart's aversion and loss of devotion after a period, indicate hypocrisy and a hatred of worship?
Is one who forgot a prayer while committing a forbidden act inexcusable and sinful? And does this include habitual offenders and others? And does this imply that one who was preoccupied with a reprehensible amusement and consequently fell into forbidden acts by mistake or forgetfulness is sinful?
Is one who, out of idleness, fails to make up missed prayers, despite knowing that making them up is obligatory, considered a disbeliever? And does the category of explicitly stating an intention not to make up what was missed apply to him?
Does a Muslim's departure from the fold of Islam become determined by his saying: "Isn't it enough, O Allah?" due to the deterioration of his circumstances despite his commitment to acts of worship, and what rulings regarding his marriage and family result from this statement?
What is the ruling on the ritual ablution (wudu') for a woman with chronic vaginal bleeding (istihadah)? Is a separate ablution required for each prayer, or is one ablution sufficient for two combined prayers? What is the ruling on someone who has a fissure with slight bleeding? Should he wait until the bleeding stops or should he pray?
Is it permissible to make up the Shaf‘ and Witr prayers after the dawn (Fajr) athan for someone who missed waking up to perform them before Fajr?
Which is more deserving for clearing one's conscience: making up prayers missed before puberty, or prayers performed incorrectly after becoming committed to prayer? And what are reliable sources for learning the jurisprudence of prayer and ablution?
Is it obligatory to make up missed prayers in order, or should the present prayer be performed first, then the missed prayers be made up?
What are the rulings concerning dealing with chronic flatulence that afflicts a person at different times of the day, and how should a Muslim act in cases of urinary retention or inability to perform ablution at home, while wishing to catch congregational prayers and supererogatory prayers?
What should I do regarding vows I made to Allah at the age of fifteen, such as praying four rak'ahs of Sunnah before Asr and refraining from daydreaming, if I have sometimes failed to fulfill them, especially when time is short or there is a need to catch the obligatory prayer or congregational prayer?
What is the ruling on ghusl from janabah if there is black dirt inside an opening in the private parts, with part of it on the skin? Does it prevent water from reaching the skin? Do the missed prayers have to be repeated because of it? Is it permissible to adopt the view of Ibn Taymiyyah on this issue?
Am I required to do anything because I did not wash my face during ritual bathing after menstruation, due to my ignorance of the Sharia ruling?
Is the 'Isha' prayer, which was prayed in congregation with the intention of 'Isha', sufficient, despite there being two missed prayers (Asr and Maghrib) before it, or must it be re-prayed?
Is it permissible for a patient with chronic psychosis, whose hallucinations, dark thoughts, and depression are exacerbated by fasting, to break their fast?
Does a Muslim sin by making up a prayer that was missed due to a valid excuse, and how can he compensate for the sin with good deeds?
Which is more befitting and better: Returning to perform the Sunnah (Nafl) prayer before the obligatory prayer in the mosque to ensure leading the prayer and to spare the congregants those who do not recite well, or continuing to perform the Sunnah (Nafl) prayer before the obligatory prayer at home regardless of the consequences?
I made a covenant with Allah to do something daily, but I did not continue. What should I do?
What is the manner of making up the 'Isha and Fajr prayers for someone who missed them due to a health reason? What is the significance of the first and second calls to prayer for Fajr, the difference between the Fajr and Subh prayers, and how is the Fajr prayer made up for someone who missed it?
Is the repentance of someone who practices masturbation and then repents, but repeatedly returns to it, accepted? Will he be held accountable for it? And what is the ruling on the prayers he previously missed?
Is it obligatory for one who vowed to pray four nights to pray the entire night, or is it sufficient to pray part of it?
What is the ruling on someone who woke up at the time of the Fajr adhan, then unintentionally fell back asleep, then woke up two minutes before sunrise, and completed his ablution after sunrise?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who fasted the entire month of Ramadan without praying, and is he required to make up for that fast?
Is it permissible to perform the Duha prayer and the Sunnah of Fajr during Duha time before performing the missed Fajr prayer as a make-up?
What should one do if old and new missed prayers accumulate, and how should they be made up while observing their proper order?