What is the ruling on delaying the prayer from its time due to household chores
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The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : A question over the phone. Yes. I have a question, Honorable Shaykh. Yes. Sometimes I delay the prayer from its time, and it is due to my forgetfulness, not negligence, but because of the many of my household chores. So is there a sin on me?
The Shaykh : On the word, yes.
The questioner : The hour.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to delay the prayer from its time ever. The prayer is a pillar of Islam. And Allah said:[An-Nisa 4:103] You must perform it in its time.
The questioner : But I mean, half an hour or an hour and a quarter, I mean.
The Shaykh : Listen, listen. I say: if you perform the prayer, that will be a help for you in your chores, because Allah says:[Al-Baqarah 2:45]
The questioner : Okay, and if it is forgetfulness, Shaykh? If it is forgetfulness, what? Forgetfulness.
The Shaykh : If it is what? Forgetfulness, men.
The questioner : If it is forgetfulness, Shaykh, you say.
The Shaykh : Forgetfulness: when you remember, then pray. If it is forgetfulness, then when you remember, pray.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The questioner : A question over the phone. Yes. I have a question, Honorable Shaykh. Yes. Sometimes I delay the prayer from its time, and it is due to my forgetfulness, not negligence, but because of the many of my household chores. So is there a sin on me?
The Shaykh : On the word, yes.
The questioner : The hour.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to delay the prayer from its time ever. The prayer is a pillar of Islam. And Allah said:
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًاThe questioner : But I mean, half an hour or an hour and a quarter, I mean.
The Shaykh : Listen, listen. I say: if you perform the prayer, that will be a help for you in your chores, because Allah says:
And seek help through patience and prayer
وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِThe questioner : Okay, and if it is forgetfulness, Shaykh? If it is forgetfulness, what? Forgetfulness.
The Shaykh : If it is what? Forgetfulness, men.
The questioner : If it is forgetfulness, Shaykh, you say.
The Shaykh : Forgetfulness: when you remember, then pray. If it is forgetfulness, then when you remember, pray.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 259- ما حكم تأخير الصلاة عن وقتها بسبب الأعمال المنزلية /سؤال على الهاتف /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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