Making Up Missed Sunnah Prayers
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Question:
He says: Your Eminence, father, if a Muslim maintains a sunnah (recommended practice) and is consistent with it, does he have to make it up if he misses it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He makes up what the Shari'ah has prescribed to be made up; otherwise, the sunnah has passed its time. For example, the sunnah of the night, which is tahajjud (the late-night voluntary prayer): if he sleeps and misses it, he prays it during the day. Similarly, the sunnah of Zuhr (the midday prayer): if he misses it before the prayer, he prays it after the prayer. The same applies to the sunnah of Fajr (the dawn prayer), because the sunnah was established for it in that manner. As for what the sunnah was not established to be made up, it is a sunnah that has passed its time.
He says: Your Eminence, father, if a Muslim maintains a sunnah (recommended practice) and is consistent with it, does he have to make it up if he misses it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He makes up what the Shari'ah has prescribed to be made up; otherwise, the sunnah has passed its time. For example, the sunnah of the night, which is tahajjud (the late-night voluntary prayer): if he sleeps and misses it, he prays it during the day. Similarly, the sunnah of Zuhr (the midday prayer): if he misses it before the prayer, he prays it after the prayer. The same applies to the sunnah of Fajr (the dawn prayer), because the sunnah was established for it in that manner. As for what the sunnah was not established to be made up, it is a sunnah that has passed its time.
Source
فضل العلم وآدابه — islamhouse.com (55:19)
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