The ruling on praying the midday prayer individually before the afternoon prayer due to work
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Question:
The questioner says: I am a man who sometimes prays the midday prayer half an hour before the call to the afternoon prayer. This is because my work sometimes lasts twelve hours at night, until nine-thirty in the morning, and I am unable to pray the midday prayer in congregation. I pray before the call to the afternoon prayer. Is this considered making up a missed prayer, or performing it in its proper time? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
No. If you perform the prayer in its time, between the sun passing its zenith and the entry of the time for the afternoon prayer, then you have performed it in its time. However, the congregation remains an issue: you left off the congregational prayer. You performed it in the time, but you left off another obligatory duty, which is leaving the congregational prayer. Pray the midday prayer in congregation, then sleep after the prayer so that your sleep coincides with rest, and you will have fulfilled the duty upon you, which is the congregational prayer. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: I am a man who sometimes prays the midday prayer half an hour before the call to the afternoon prayer. This is because my work sometimes lasts twelve hours at night, until nine-thirty in the morning, and I am unable to pray the midday prayer in congregation. I pray before the call to the afternoon prayer. Is this considered making up a missed prayer, or performing it in its proper time? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
No. If you perform the prayer in its time, between the sun passing its zenith and the entry of the time for the afternoon prayer, then you have performed it in its time. However, the congregation remains an issue: you left off the congregational prayer. You performed it in the time, but you left off another obligatory duty, which is leaving the congregational prayer. Pray the midday prayer in congregation, then sleep after the prayer so that your sleep coincides with rest, and you will have fulfilled the duty upon you, which is the congregational prayer. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، باب ما جاء في أخوة الإسلام وحق المسلم على المسلم — islamhouse.com (1:20:22)
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