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The Ruling on Deliberately Delaying the Prayer Beyond Its Time

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The questioner:
Prayer and peace, prayer and peace, intentionally.

The Shaykh:
The ruling on delaying the prayer beyond its time intentionally is that it is forbidden; it is forbidden for him to do this. The majority of scholars hold that he must pray it as a make-up.
Some scholars held that he does not pray it, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it whenمن نسي صلاة أو نام عنها فليصلها إذا
Sunan ad-Darimi 2:45
This indicates that the one who does it intentionally does not pray it, but he must repent anew and be diligent in observing the prayer in the future.
As for making it up, he owes no make-up for this, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specified making up the prayer only for the one who forgot it or slept through it. This person is neither one who forgot nor one who slept; he intentionally delayed it beyond its time. So he must repent to Allah, be diligent in observing the prayer in the future, and whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance.

The questioner:
Does he mention our pain?

The Shaykh:
Some scholars say that he commits disbelief by doing so. Yes. Some scholars say that the one who intentionally delays the prayer beyond its time commits disbelief by doing so, but the majority hold that he does not commit disbelief, and he must make up the prayer. Yes.
Source تأخير الصلاة عن وقتها — alfawzan.live

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