Missed and Made Up Prayers
1,857 questions
Is it permissible for the one being led in prayer (ma'mum) to return to a forgotten pillar (like bowing) in the first unit of prayer (rak'ah) or in the same unit of prayer in which the忘れ (forgetfulness) was remembered, considering his obligation to follow his imam, and what are the implications of this regarding making up a unit of prayer or performing the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw)?
Is a make-up fast required for someone who deliberately broke their fast by masturbating after intending to fast, and deliberately omitted prayers on the same day or other days, and does this entail a make-up?
How can missed prayers be made up when one is unable to determine their number or when they were missed? Is it sufficient to make up two days of missed prayers in addition to the obligatory and Sunnah prayers? What is the fate of someone who began making up missed prayers and then passed away?
What is the wisdom behind prohibiting looking at women and playing dice? And does the prohibition remain in effect if the reasons for which they were prohibited do not materialize?
How are the prayers that were not performed due to turbid discharge and red blood spots to be made up, and is it permissible to complete the six days of Shawwal fasting tomorrow?
What can I do to commit to prayer and not abandon it, when my suffering from sorcery prevents me from being diligent in it?
In the following night prayer, should one recite from where the reading ended in the prayer, or from where the reading ended outside the prayer, with the intention of completing the Quran?
Are the missed prayers due for re-fulfillment even with ignorance of the correct order?
How is the missed Maghrib prayer performed after the Isha call to prayer?
Is it permissible to adopt the view of Abu Hanifa regarding the non-requirement to make up missed prayers if they exceed five for someone who was unconscious, in order to دفع الحرج (avert hardship)?
Must I re-perform the missed prayers that I performed out of sequence, or what should I do to make up for missed prayers, and which of the sayings of the Four Imams should I adopt, knowing that I did not observe the sequence between the missed prayers themselves, nor between the missed and the current prayers?
Is it obligatory to make up prayers intentionally missed due to laziness, knowing that they were missed for approximately three months, and the age is 14 years, and there is hardship in making them up; and is it sufficient to be diligent in performing the Sunan (supererogatory prayers) and to maintain current prayers?
What is the ruling on ablution and prayers throughout the past years, and does the questioner's ignorance of the correct method invalidate his missed prayers, or does it intercede for him by not requiring their performance?
Is it obligatory to complete the fast, or is it permissible to break it for someone who intended to fast but did not wake up until the Fajr Adhan, and did not have Sahur?
Did Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen make a statement regarding the latecomer saying the takbir when making up missed rak'ahs, and is it valid to use his statement as evidence for someone who made the tasleem but still had one rak'ah remaining, arguing that they do not say the takbir for standing, by analogy with the situation of the latecomer?
Must I pray or not pray if I bathed on the eighth day of my menses, then blood appeared after the IUD was inserted, and after four days, yellow or transparent discharge appeared? And is the menses considered to have returned if yellow discharge appears after dryness or transparent discharge on the fourteenth day, and before 15 days have passed?
How does one make up a missed prayer due to the absence of water?
Is it obligatory to make up for the days in Ramadan during which one masturbated, for someone who was not praying at the time, and what are the implications of not remembering the number of such days?
How are yesterday's missed Maghrib and Isha prayers to be made up along with today's new prayers?
Are the Maghrib prayer and the prayers preceding it valid, given the intention to deliberately abandon making up the missed Asr prayer, based on the principle of sequencing in making up missed prayers? And does this procrastination or failure to make up invalidate the present prayers?
What is the ruling on one who intentionally fails to catch the opening Takbir (Takbirat Al-Ihram), and suffices with catching only one rak'ah with the Imam, despite knowing this, relying on the saying: "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the prayer has caught the prayer"?
How can one make up missed obligatory prayers for several months? And should one start with the current prayer first, then add the missed ones to it? And must every missed prayer be made up with its counterpart, or can it be made up at any time? And when is it obligatory to make up missed prayers in order, and when is it not? And is it permissible to make up missed prayers consecutively at a time that is not the time for an obligatory prayer?
What is the ruling regarding blood that continues to flow from a wife after her miscarriage in the second month for more than 35 days, and is it considered nifas blood that prevents her from praying?
Is it considered disbelief to sleep through the Fajr prayer after waking up at its appointed time, and being unable to perform it at the designated time due to obsessive thoughts about ablution, or preoccupation with another condition, or insufficient time, knowing that one is diligent in performing prayers in the mosque, and the intention when sleeping through the prayer is unclear?