Summary of the Ruling on Prayer Before Its Time and After It

Question : What is the ruling on praying before its time? I noticed

Answer : Even if a person prays and it turns out he prayed before the time, what is required of him? He is required now to pray it after the time. If the person is excused by ignorance, meaning he thinks the time has not yet entered, or by forgetfulness or sleep, then he prays it after the time, and the hadith is explicit in this, and we have cited it. If he is not excused, the scholars differed on this: some said it is valid with sin for the delay, and some said it is not valid. The stronger position is that it is not valid, and we explained its strength and answered the evidence of those who say he must make it up with sin.