I return from work after the midday prayer and sleep, and sometimes I sleep through the 'Asr prayer and miss the congregation. Am I sinful?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am a young man who starts work immediately after the dawn prayer and returns home after the midday prayer. I eat lunch and then sleep, and sometimes I sleep through the 'Asr prayer and miss the congregational prayer, but I do not intend to do so. Am I sinful for this action?
Answer:
If you know that 'Asr is coming while you are sleeping and you continue with this until it becomes a habit, you are sinful for it. But if it happens occasionally, and you are careful to get up for 'Asr, but sometimes sleep overcomes you, you are excused for this. It is not a habit, and you are not continuing in it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am a young man who starts work immediately after the dawn prayer and returns home after the midday prayer. I eat lunch and then sleep, and sometimes I sleep through the 'Asr prayer and miss the congregational prayer, but I do not intend to do so. Am I sinful for this action?
Answer:
If you know that 'Asr is coming while you are sleeping and you continue with this until it becomes a habit, you are sinful for it. But if it happens occasionally, and you are careful to get up for 'Asr, but sometimes sleep overcomes you, you are excused for this. It is not a habit, and you are not continuing in it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4576- 4717] أرجع من عملي بعد الظهر وأنام وأحيانا أنام عن صلاة العصر وتفوتني الجماعة فهل أنا آثم؟ — youtube.com
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