Making Up the Rawatib and Witr Prayers, and Catching the Congregation with One Rak'ah
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The questioner:
Or the voluntary prayer, does it come after the midday prayer? Yes.
The Shaykh:
It is made up between the rising of the sun and the sun reaching its zenith, in this time.
The questioner:
If it happens.
The Shaykh:
As for Witr, if a person wakes up or sleeps through it at night, he makes it up between the rising of the sun and the time of the midday prayer. As for after the midday prayer, no. Once the sun has passed its zenith, nothing of the night prayers is made up.
The questioner:
At all.
The Shaykh:
Once the sun has passed its zenith, it is over; he does not make it up, because he has entered another evening. Hmm? What about? If he prays it before the afternoon prayer, there is no obstacle. But the issue is if he is not able to do so except after the afternoon prayer: does he make it up or not? That is the issue. And if he prays it before the afternoon prayer, there is no obstacle, because he has not entered the time of prohibition.
The questioner:
Or the master.
The Shaykh:
As long as the time for the midday prayer is valid, the rawatib in it is performed as its due, even if it is at the end of the time, it is performed as its due. Yes.
The questioner:
It is the ability to pray in congregation.
The Shaykh:
It is correct that it is not caught except by catching one rak'ah, just as the time is not caught except by one rak'ah. Just as the time is not caught except by one rak'ah, so the congregational prayer is not caught except by catching one rak'ah. And the evidence is that in the authentic hadith, whoever catches one rak'ah,Sunan an-Nasa'i 557 let him add another to it, and his Friday prayer is complete. And just as the Friday prayer is not caught except by one rak'ah, so the remaining obligatory prayers are not caught except by catching one rak'ah. Yes. Yes, yes.
Or the voluntary prayer, does it come after the midday prayer? Yes.
The Shaykh:
It is made up between the rising of the sun and the sun reaching its zenith, in this time.
The questioner:
If it happens.
The Shaykh:
As for Witr, if a person wakes up or sleeps through it at night, he makes it up between the rising of the sun and the time of the midday prayer. As for after the midday prayer, no. Once the sun has passed its zenith, nothing of the night prayers is made up.
The questioner:
At all.
The Shaykh:
Once the sun has passed its zenith, it is over; he does not make it up, because he has entered another evening. Hmm? What about? If he prays it before the afternoon prayer, there is no obstacle. But the issue is if he is not able to do so except after the afternoon prayer: does he make it up or not? That is the issue. And if he prays it before the afternoon prayer, there is no obstacle, because he has not entered the time of prohibition.
The questioner:
Or the master.
The Shaykh:
As long as the time for the midday prayer is valid, the rawatib in it is performed as its due, even if it is at the end of the time, it is performed as its due. Yes.
The questioner:
It is the ability to pray in congregation.
The Shaykh:
It is correct that it is not caught except by catching one rak'ah, just as the time is not caught except by one rak'ah. Just as the time is not caught except by one rak'ah, so the congregational prayer is not caught except by catching one rak'ah. And the evidence is that in the authentic hadith, whoever catches one rak'ah,
Whoever catches up with with a Rak'ah of Jumu'ah
من أدرك ركعة من الجمعة
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب المواقيت - 2 — islamhouse.com (58:58)
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