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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Advice for the one who consistently misses the Fajr prayer

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The presenter:
Turn off the television you have, O 'Abd al-'Aziz.

The questioner:
It does not run in the car.

The presenter:
Please, go ahead.

The questioner:
I have two questions, Shaykh.

The presenter:
Please proceed.

The questioner:
The Fajr prayer always passes us by. And I do not pray it after the sun rises, even though, praise be to Allah, I am committed to the Duha prayer and the Witr. I do not know; I want advice for this.

The presenter:
Okay, wait a moment, wait a moment.

The Shaykh:
My brother, my brother, even if you prayed voluntary prayers night and day, that would not suffice for the obligatory prayer in its time, do you know? So you must pray the obligatory prayer in its time. For the Fajr prayer, take the precautions to wake up: sleep early so that you wake up, instruct someone to wake you, set an alarm, and resolve to get up, and Allah will help you. But if you say, "No, whenever I get up, I will pray," that is not permissible, my brother. Deliberately delaying the prayer outside its time invalidates the prayer.

The questioner:
Rather, sleep is when a person sleeps.

The Shaykh:
I mean, a sudden sleep, not a habit, but a sudden sleep that overcame him.

The questioner:
All right.

The Shaykh:
So he makes it up.

The questioner:
Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it.

The Shaykh:
Let him make it up.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (079) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-02-18] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:46)

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