The Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) prayer of Fajr after sleeping and its relation to making up the obligatory prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh. You said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in some of the occasions of its revelation, when he slept, prayed the voluntary prayer before the obligatory one. Is there evidence in this for prioritizing Shawwal, which is a voluntary prayer, over making up Ramadan, which is obligatory, especially since there is ample time for making up Ramadan?
Answer:
No, my brother. This is not making up the action of the Messenger; it is not making up the Fajr prayer. Rather, it is performing it, because when a sleeper wakes up, he prays at whatever time it is, and that is the performance of the prayer for him. It is not making up; it is performing. Even if he prays Fajr at the time of Duha, it is performing, because that is the time for him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh. You said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in some of the occasions of its revelation, when he slept, prayed the voluntary prayer before the obligatory one. Is there evidence in this for prioritizing Shawwal, which is a voluntary prayer, over making up Ramadan, which is obligatory, especially since there is ample time for making up Ramadan?
Answer:
No, my brother. This is not making up the action of the Messenger; it is not making up the Fajr prayer. Rather, it is performing it, because when a sleeper wakes up, he prays at whatever time it is, and that is the performance of the prayer for him. It is not making up; it is performing. Even if he prays Fajr at the time of Duha, it is performing, because that is the time for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 61 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الصلاة/صلاة التطوع/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:46)
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