The ruling on making up the one who missed the opening takbir
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Question:
The questioner: A man attended the opening takbir for thirty days, and then missed it for one day. Does he have to make up those thirty days? Because it is reported that whoever attends the opening takbir for forty days is granted two forms of safety: safety from the Fire and safety from hypocrisy. What is the authenticity of this?
Answer:
First, I do not know this hadith, nor do I have any knowledge of it. As for making it up, he does not make it up; the missed prayer is not made up. What is required of the Muslim is that he hastens, he hastens to the prayer. Yes, his presence for the opening takbir means he is present for the beginning of the prayer, and he is present for the prayer from its start, and nothing prevents him from it. This is good. So, hastening to catch the opening takbir is required, and there is much good in it. But if he misses it, how does he make it up?
Does he make up the prayer? That is not valid. He says he prays the opening takbir alone; this is not logical. The word "make it up" has no basis. Rather, the exhortation is to attend the prayer early. If he is present before the iqamah, he performs whatever voluntary prayers are easy for him, reads the Qur'an, or remembers Allah, and waits for the prayer. This also carries a great reward; it carries a great reward. Some of the Salaf said—I think it was Ishaq, or I think I am saying al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him)—he said: "For forty years, I have not descended from the minbar except that I am in the mosque. For forty years, I have not descended from the minbar except that I am in the mosque." This is evidence that it is required of the Muslim to hasten to the mosques. And if a person spent most of his time and leisure in the mosques, that would be better for him. Yes.
The questioner: A man attended the opening takbir for thirty days, and then missed it for one day. Does he have to make up those thirty days? Because it is reported that whoever attends the opening takbir for forty days is granted two forms of safety: safety from the Fire and safety from hypocrisy. What is the authenticity of this?
Answer:
First, I do not know this hadith, nor do I have any knowledge of it. As for making it up, he does not make it up; the missed prayer is not made up. What is required of the Muslim is that he hastens, he hastens to the prayer. Yes, his presence for the opening takbir means he is present for the beginning of the prayer, and he is present for the prayer from its start, and nothing prevents him from it. This is good. So, hastening to catch the opening takbir is required, and there is much good in it. But if he misses it, how does he make it up?
Does he make up the prayer? That is not valid. He says he prays the opening takbir alone; this is not logical. The word "make it up" has no basis. Rather, the exhortation is to attend the prayer early. If he is present before the iqamah, he performs whatever voluntary prayers are easy for him, reads the Qur'an, or remembers Allah, and waits for the prayer. This also carries a great reward; it carries a great reward. Some of the Salaf said—I think it was Ishaq, or I think I am saying al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him)—he said: "For forty years, I have not descended from the minbar except that I am in the mosque. For forty years, I have not descended from the minbar except that I am in the mosque." This is evidence that it is required of the Muslim to hasten to the mosques. And if a person spent most of his time and leisure in the mosques, that would be better for him. Yes.
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إدراك تكبيرة الإحرام أربعين يوما — alfawzan.live
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