Missed and Made Up Prayers
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What are the consequences for someone who abandoned prayer for a period and now wishes to return to it? Is it obligatory for them to make up the prayers they missed, and how does repentance occur?
What is the interpretation of the verses: (When He made slumber fall upon you as a security from Him, and sent down upon you water from the sky to purify you with it and remove from you the defilement of Satan and to strengthen your hearts and make firm thereby your feet) and (Recall when your Lord inspired to the angels, "Indeed, I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike above the necks and strike from them every fingertip") and (And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good trial from Him. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing)?
Must prayers performed while bleeding, suspected to be menstruation or a wound hemorrhage, be repeated, taking into account the period of travel and return and the uncertainty of when the bleeding began?
Is it permissible to recite the post-obligatory prayer remembrances (adhkar) in any situation, or is it only permissible while sitting after the prayer?
Is it permissible to pray behind a group called (the Barelvis)? Are they among the Sufis? And what is the proof of that?
What should I do about the days I missed fasting in previous Ramadans, given that I don't remember the exact number and am unable to feed sixty poor people for each day?
Must I make up the missed Dhuhr and Asr prayers together, or is it permissible to make up Dhuhr before Maghrib and then make up Asr after Isha, bearing in mind the obligation to arrange missed prayers in their proper order?
Is it permissible to split the rak’ahs of Witr so that two rak’ahs are prayed after ‘Ishā’, and the third is completed in the last third of the night, and what should be done if one is unable to complete the last rak’ah?
Is it forbidden to delay the Ishā’ prayer until the following morning, if the time for Ishā’ extends very late into the night and there is a commitment to school early in the morning?
What is the ruling on one who made a covenant with Allah regarding specific matters, but then was unable to fulfill them due to sleeping through prayers or engaging in backbiting, despite having prior knowledge of his inability to keep his promises?
I was praying the Sunnah before the iqamah, and a person joined me [in prayer]; what should I do?
Is it sufficient in ablution (wudu') and prayer (salat) to confine oneself to the obligatory acts only, performing each once, and is the prayer thereby considered valid?
Would a woman be sinful if she made a mistake in determining the time of her purity—due to the absence of the white discharge (al-qassah al-bayda’) and the variation in her menstrual cycle days—either by assuming purity, then performing ghusl and praying, only for some blood to appear later, or, conversely, by assuming the presence of blood, thereby missing the prayer time?
Is it sunnah to make up the pre-Asr rawatib prayer in congregation after the fard prayer, or is it better not to do so?
What is the ruling on the prayer of an imam who remembered in the first rak'ah of the 'Isha prayer that he had not prayed Maghrib, so he completed his prayer with the people, then when he finished and went home, he performed the Maghrib prayer?
In light of repenting from abandoning or delaying prayer, and if we adopt the view of those who consider one who abandons it out of negligence to be a disbeliever, is it necessary to perform ghusl, utter the two testimonies of faith, and renew the marriage contract? And how is this renewal done if the wife's guardian refuses or if it is difficult to bring witnesses? Is it sufficient to adopt the view of those who consider it a lesser form of disbelief? And must one make up the missed prayers whose number is unknown, and how are they to be made up?
What is the best way to make up missed prayers: by making up a full day's prayers at a time, or by making up a corresponding prayer with each present obligatory prayer, and with which prayer should I begin making up if I do not remember from which obligatory prayer I started neglecting them?
What is the ruling regarding someone who missed the 'Isha prayer, then led a congregant, and then another congregant led him in the last rak'ah?
Should missed Takbirs, or some of them, be made up? And how does one who joins the prayer late catch up with the Imam?
What is the interpretation of the Almighty’s saying: (But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they make you judge in what has become a dispute between them)? And what is it that the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, must be made a judge in?
Is it permissible to interrupt the Dhuhr prayer after the second Rak'ah with the intention of converting it to the Fajr prayer for someone who remembers not having prayed Fajr?
Is my prayer valid if I stand up to complete the prayer before the Imam has fully completed the Taslim? And do I have to perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) if I make a mistake in the wording of the Taslim, then immediately correct it while my head is still turned?
Is it obligatory to stay overnight with the second wife for the entire duration of her month-long visit, after her absence of eleven months, or does justice require alternating overnight stays between her and the first wife?
What is the ruling on intermittent spots of blood that are not confirmed to be menstruation, and must one make up the prayers missed due to abstaining from them based on the assumption that they were the beginning of menstruation, which was not certain?