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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Some people, if they get up after the sun has risen and have missed the Fajr prayer, go back to sleep because, in their opinion, the time has passed. What is the ruling on that?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. Some people delay performing the Fajr prayer in its time until the sun rises, and then after getting up, they go back to sleep again, saying that since the time has passed, there is no good in delaying the prayer until an incomprehensible state, until I wake up from my sleep. I wanted guidance? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It seems he is saying that since the beginning of the time has passed, he wants to continue sleeping. Borrowed.
This is forbidden for him, and it is not permissible to take the prayer out of its time, or to occupy oneself with sleep or anything else instead of it. If he takes it out of its time intentionally, it is not valid from him, and some scholars hold that he commits disbelief by doing so.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only ordered making up the prayer for the one who slept or forgot, who slept without his choice, where sleep overtook him while he intended to get up, but sleep overtook him and he did not wake up. This is the one who has an excuse. As for a person who intentionally sleeps and says sleep is an excuse, this is not an excuse; because he intended it, and he wanted to delay the prayer from its time, and to take it out of its time. So this person has no excuse, and his prayer is not valid from him; because he intentionally took it out of its time. And Allah has established a time for the prayer, which He, Glorified and Exalted is He, has defined. It is not permissible to take it out of that time except for a legal excuse, such as sleep that overcomes a person without his choice, or travel where one intends to combine the two prayers, in which case there is no harm. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، بعض الناس إذا قام بعد شروق الشمس وفاتته صلاة الفجرعاد إلى نومه، لأن الوقت قد مضى في زعمه ما حكم ذلك؟ — youtube.com

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