What does one do if he forgets a prayer and then remembers it the next day, but does not remember which prayer it was?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A person missed a prayer yesterday, and then the next day he remembered that he had missed a prayer yesterday, but he does not remember which prayer it was, and he has no memory of it nor is he absent-minded, so what is required of him in this state?
Answer:
You have doubt and no certainty. If he knows which prayer he missed, he must make it up. If he does not know the specific prayer, he should investigate and determine the prayer to the best of his ability and make that up. However, if he has doubt, and this is the case with him, then doubt requires nothing of him.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A person missed a prayer yesterday, and then the next day he remembered that he had missed a prayer yesterday, but he does not remember which prayer it was, and he has no memory of it nor is he absent-minded, so what is required of him in this state?
Answer:
You have doubt and no certainty. If he knows which prayer he missed, he must make it up. If he does not know the specific prayer, he should investigate and determine the prayer to the best of his ability and make that up. However, if he has doubt, and this is the case with him, then doubt requires nothing of him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا يفعل من نسي صلاة ثم تذكرها في اليوم التالي ولم يذكر أي صلاة هي؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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