What is your advice for those who sleep through the Fajr and 'Asr prayers?
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Question:
Is there any advice for the young men who stay up all night and sleep through the Fajr prayer, and likewise the 'Asr prayer, on the excuse of sleep?
Answer:
Sleep is not an excuse in this case. Sleep, when it overcomes you occasionally, may be an excuse or a valid reason. But if one makes it a habit to sleep and says, "As long as you pray," that is not an excuse, and he has no prayer. If he prays, it is not a valid prayer for him. Fear Allah, O servants of Allah. The prayer is to be performed at its appointed times. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:103] meaning that it is obligatory at the times that Allah and His Messenger have specified. It is not permissible to play with these times or for a person to pray them all at one time. This is not permissible, and this prayer is not valid, because it is not the prayer that Allah commanded.
Is there any advice for the young men who stay up all night and sleep through the Fajr prayer, and likewise the 'Asr prayer, on the excuse of sleep?
Answer:
Sleep is not an excuse in this case. Sleep, when it overcomes you occasionally, may be an excuse or a valid reason. But if one makes it a habit to sleep and says, "As long as you pray," that is not an excuse, and he has no prayer. If he prays, it is not a valid prayer for him. Fear Allah, O servants of Allah. The prayer is to be performed at its appointed times. Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما نصيحتكم لمن وينامون عن صلاة الفجر وصلاة العصر؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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