Making up a forgotten prayer whose specific time is unknown
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Question:
This questioner says: A person missed a prayer yesterday, and the next day he remembered that he had missed a prayer yesterday, but he did not remember which prayer it was, and he has no recollection or certainty, so what is required of him, and what is his situation?
Answer:
You are a disbeliever and repentance does not come to you. If he knows which prayer he missed, it is obligatory for him to make it up. If he does not know the specific prayer, he should use his best judgment to determine which prayer it was and make it up based on that judgment. However, if he is in doubt, and this is the best he can do, then doubt requires nothing of him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: A person missed a prayer yesterday, and the next day he remembered that he had missed a prayer yesterday, but he did not remember which prayer it was, and he has no recollection or certainty, so what is required of him, and what is his situation?
Answer:
You are a disbeliever and repentance does not come to you. If he knows which prayer he missed, it is obligatory for him to make it up. If he does not know the specific prayer, he should use his best judgment to determine which prayer it was and make it up based on that judgment. However, if he is in doubt, and this is the best he can do, then doubt requires nothing of him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 23 — archive.org (1:01:08)
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