If one misses the festival prayer, does he make it up?

Question : May Allah reward you. If one misses the festival prayer, O Shaykh, let him make it up.

Answer : If one misses the festival prayer, he does not make it up, because it is a prayer prescribed in a specific manner, involving gathering for it and the sermon, so it is not made up, just as the Friday prayer is not made up. Indeed, the Friday prayer is not made up, but if it is missed, a person prays the midday prayer because the time for the midday prayer remains, and he must pray. So if a person misses the festival prayer, he does not make it up, but he should strive to ensure it does not happen to him, so that he may participate with the Muslims in their prayer and supplication. May Allah reward you, O Honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge, and benefit Islam and the Muslims through you.