The Expiation for One Who Is Overcome by Sleep and Misses the Night Prayer
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The Shaykh:
What happened? Yes, the prayer.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah bless you. What about one who is overcome by sleep, and it was his habit to pray eleven rak'ahs?
The Shaykh:
He should pray whatever is easy for him, and pray during the day the number of rak'ahs that he missed. He should pray whatever is easy for him at the end of the night, even if it is just one rak'ah, to keep the habit alive, and pray during the day to make up for what he missed, with the rak'ahs in even numbers, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do.
What happened? Yes, the prayer.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah bless you. What about one who is overcome by sleep, and it was his habit to pray eleven rak'ahs?
The Shaykh:
He should pray whatever is easy for him, and pray during the day the number of rak'ahs that he missed. He should pray whatever is easy for him at the end of the night, even if it is just one rak'ah, to keep the habit alive, and pray during the day to make up for what he missed, with the rak'ahs in even numbers, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (11:10)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.