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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The criterion for sleep that excuses a person from praying in congregation

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Question:
Shaykh, may Allah reward you. I have three questions. Please, the first one: I always, I mean, the Fajr prayer keeps happening to me. I always wake up at six, four and a half, or seven, and I don’t make it in time for the Fajr prayer. This issue keeps recurring with me. Is it permissible for me to pray it at home, meaning if I miss it, just because this matter always recurs? Okay, the Shaykh will answer. Thank you. Wait a moment, wait a moment, wait a moment. I have a waswasah (intrusive thought) for a moment.

Answer:
My brother, it is obligatory for you to pray Fajr and the other prayers in congregation, and you must not delay. Sleep is not a permanent excuse. Rather, if it happens some times and you are determined to get up for the prayer, but sleep overcomes you some times, then you are excused, and you pray it at home or anywhere. But as for making this a habit for yourself, sleeping and saying, "Whenever I wake up, I will pray Fajr," this is not permissible for you at all. This is taking the prayer out of its time without an excuse, because this is not an excuse if it is habitual, and it is the result of laxity and indifference. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2618 - ضابط النوم الذي يعذر صاحبه عن الصلاة في جماعة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:17)

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