The Ruling on Delaying the Prayer Beyond Its Time to Watch Matches

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, some people have been afflicted with delaying the prayers from their times, or losing them under the pretext of watching matches in the stadium or in front of the television. Do you have a word or a message for the sons of the Muslims regarding this, may Allah grant you success?

Answer:
And Allah the Exalted says: So whoever is occupied with his wealth and his children and delays the prayer from its time, or is late for the congregational prayer, is among the losers, even though wealth and children are desirable and beneficial; wealth is beneficial and children are beneficial in general. So what about the one who is occupied with what has no benefit, such as watching matches or serials or trivial things that have no value? He is even more of a loser.
May Allah protect us. Allah the Exalted also says in the other verse: . Trade and selling are beneficial and required matters, but it is not permissible for them to occupy one from the remembrance of Allah. So how about matters that have no benefit?
These are more sinful and more of a loss. The one who stays up playing cards, or watching serials, or watching movies, or engaging in gossip, and then sleeps through the Fajr prayer, he is the loser. . He has placed his desire before performing the prayer, before what Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has commanded. Even if he prays it after its time has passed, or after the congregational prayer has ended, he has lost it. Even if he prays it, because Allah the Exalted said, "Woe to the praying ones," He called them "the praying ones" And when they are done with their desires, their play, their games, their sleep, their trade, and so on, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, judged them as losers and threatened them with the Ghy. They will meet . The interpretation of the Ghy is that it is a valley in Hellfire, may Allah protect us.
The woman and the man are the same; taking the prayer out of its time is not permissible for the Muslim, neither for a woman nor for a man.
Yes, as long as she did not take it out of its time, her prayer is valid, but she missed the virtue, because the prayer at the beginning of its time is better than delaying it. So as long as it is within the time and she is not obligated to pray in congregation, her prayer is valid as a performance, but she misses the virtue.
As for the man, because he is bound to the prayer with the congregation in the mosque, it is not permissible for him to be late and say, "I will pray the prayer at the end of the time." Because it is obligatory for you to pray with the congregation. Whoever hears the call and does not respond, he has no prayer except one who has an excuse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The man who is unable due to illness or old age is brought and supported between two men; they offer him, respond to him, and stand him in the row, because he is a believer.
As for the hypocrite, he lags behind while he is at his strongest in health and tranquility, because he does not believe; there is no faith in him to urge him and push him toward faith. As for this believer who is paralyzed or sick, faith brings him, urges him, and stands him in the row.