Missed and Made Up Prayers
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Is it obligatory to make up prayers that were missed over many years due to sleeping through Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha prayers?
Does prayer become invalidated upon smelling a foul odor during it and being unable to swallow one's saliva, and if it is invalidated, how are the missed prayers to be made up given that their number is not remembered?
What is the ruling on one who delays making up missed prayers without a legitimate Shar'i excuse until the time for the next prayer begins, and is that considered an act of disbelief (kufr)?
Is it permissible to make up missed Friday Dhuhr prayers on days other than Friday, or must they be made up on a Friday?
How can one make up for five years of missed prayers due to negligence, and is it permissible to make up several days' worth of prayers in one single day at all times, including the prohibited times? Also, what is the manner of whispering and vocalizing in made-up prayers, especially for prayers that are usually vocalized but are being made up during the day?
Is it obligatory to make up missed prayers when their number is unknown after repentance and starting to pray regularly?
Is it better for me to pray Shafa' and Witr three rak'ahs before Fajr, or to make up the entire night prayer (ten rak'ahs) after sunrise?
Is it permissible to take a break between missed prayers when making up prayers for two days or more, such that, for example, the Maghrib prayer is prayed three consecutive times with a break taken between each prayer, and similarly for the rest of the prayers?
Is the blood and bloody discharge that appears after a miscarriage considered menstruation or istihada (post-partum bleeding), and are missed prayers obligatory to make up? If so, how are they to be made up, and what about the ghusl (ritual bath) for them?
Are the prayers that were performed on Wednesday and Thursday considered valid and obligatory, or is that not permissible, given that menstruation began with a drop of blood on Tuesday, then built up on Wednesday and Thursday, and clearly appeared on Thursday afternoon and continued for six days? And is it obligatory to make up the Thursday afternoon prayer during which menstruation clearly appeared, or the Tuesday evening prayer during which a small amount of blood appeared?
Is it permissible for my mother to perform the current obligatory prayers standing, and make up the missed prayers sitting, given her difficulty in standing? And is it permissible for her to make up the missed prayers in Ramadan with the intention of making them up, instead of performing Taraweeh sitting?
What should a person do who has missed many old prayers due to obsessive whispering (waswas), and then missed the Dhuhr prayer, and the time for Asr has begun? Should he pray Dhuhr and Asr? And what is the ruling for someone who missed a prayer like Fajr in this situation; should he pray it, or should he make up the oldest missed prayers first?
Is the Maghrib prayer valid if the worshiper intended it as the missed Asr prayer, and then prayed Maghrib alone?
Is it obligatory to make up the missed Sunnah of Fajr, and is it permissible to make it up at home before the Fajr prayer, or after the Fajr prayer in the mosque?
Is it obligatory to repeat prayers that were missed due to neglecting one or more obligatory prayers, or those that were performed with clothes in which impurity was mixed with purity, or those that were performed with vaginal discharge based on a mistaken understanding?
Is it permissible to perform "something with the Quran and incense" to open closed doors for marriage, work, and prayer, and is it unlawful to repair the hymen after fornication without informing the husband?
How can one make up for accumulated prayers missed due to ritual impurity (janabah) resulting from masturbation, and how can one get rid of this habit?
What is the legitimate Islamic method for dealing with the continuous, non-aroused discharge of pre-seminal fluid (madhy), and how are the body and clothes purified from it?
Must the missed prayers that were performed sitting down be repeated due to the worshipper's ignorance of his ability to stand, given that blood emerged from the wound in every prayer, and fearing that standing while praying would delay the healing of the wound?
Is it wise to perform numerous missed prayers in a way that suffices, alongside performing current prayers, in order to quickly absolve oneself?
What is the ruling on the prayers I performed during the period of spotting, believing it to be urinary incontinence, and do they need to be made up? Is it permissible to read the Quran and perform the regular Sunnah prayers before the spotting ends?
Is it obligatory to make up for missed prayers spanning 25 years due to negligence, and how are the years of making up calculated if the age of puberty is unknown, and are good deeds performed during the period of not adhering to prayer accepted?
How does one make up missed rak'ahs in three-rak'ah and four-rak'ah prayers?
Is it permissible to pray the Sunnah (supererogatory) prayers with the intention of making up for missed fard (obligatory) prayers whose number is unknown, and will the prayer be accepted despite frequent absentmindedness and intrusive thoughts during it?