One Who Has a Missed Prayer and Fears That the Time for the Current One Will End
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The questioner:
Peace be upon you. The question is slightly off-topic: If a person has a missed prayer and fears the end of the time for the current prayer, does he pray the current one or the missed one, meaning does he maintain the order?
The Shaykh:
Many of the Companions said that he should change his share if he fears the loss of its time, so that the missed prayer does not go out, but the apparent meaning of the Sunnah is the opposite: whoever sleeps through a prayer or forgets it, let him pray it when he remembers it; there is no expiation for it other than that. The apparent meaning of the Sunnah is that whenever he remembers, he makes up the missed prayer.
The questioner:
He says: They are all, all of them, whatever is missed.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The hair of the edge.
The Shaykh:
But this is a precedent; the precedent is more valuable, approximately. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah bless you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
It is a matter of the passing of the hour: if he prioritizes the current one, may Allah reward you, if Allah wills; and if he prioritizes the missed one, may Allah reward you, if Allah wills.
Peace be upon you. The question is slightly off-topic: If a person has a missed prayer and fears the end of the time for the current prayer, does he pray the current one or the missed one, meaning does he maintain the order?
The Shaykh:
Many of the Companions said that he should change his share if he fears the loss of its time, so that the missed prayer does not go out, but the apparent meaning of the Sunnah is the opposite: whoever sleeps through a prayer or forgets it, let him pray it when he remembers it; there is no expiation for it other than that. The apparent meaning of the Sunnah is that whenever he remembers, he makes up the missed prayer.
The questioner:
He says: They are all, all of them, whatever is missed.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The hair of the edge.
The Shaykh:
But this is a precedent; the precedent is more valuable, approximately. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah bless you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
It is a matter of the passing of the hour: if he prioritizes the current one, may Allah reward you, if Allah wills; and if he prioritizes the missed one, may Allah reward you, if Allah wills.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الترغيب في مكارم الأخلاق — islamhouse.com (9:24)
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