The Precautionary Prayer
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Sometimes in prayer I rush through the bowing and prostration, and I know that the first thing a person will be held accountable for on the Day of Resurrection is prayer. Is it permissible for me to perform a precautionary prayer to make up for any deficiency in the first one?
Answer: The precautionary prayer is not prescribed. However, you must strive to be present in heart and humble in your prayer, and seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan at the beginning of the prayer and in the opening supplication you recite after the takbir of ihram. Seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, and try to bring your heart and mind to the prayer, and to understand the prayer. This is what is obligatory for you. If some distractions or thoughts occur to you, and then you drive them away and return to being present in the prayer, then this does not harm you, if Allah wills.
As for performing a precautionary prayer, this is not prescribed.
Question: What about the voluntary prayers or the regular voluntary prayers?
Answer: Yes, the regular voluntary prayers and the absolute voluntary prayers. A person should do a lot of them, from what is prescribed. Because the voluntary prayer completes the obligatory prayer if there is a deficiency in the obligatory one. And a Muslim should have a share of the voluntary prayers, and should strive to perform the regular voluntary prayers that accompany the obligatory ones, before them or after them, or before and after them.
Question: What is the ruling on repeating the prayer, for example, praying the midday prayer twice?
Answer: The prayer is not repeated unless a condition or pillar of it is disrupted, or something of its obligations is left intentionally. In that case, it is repeated. But if it is merely that thoughts, illusions, or whispers occurred in it, or something similar, this does not necessitate repeating it.
Answer: The precautionary prayer is not prescribed. However, you must strive to be present in heart and humble in your prayer, and seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan at the beginning of the prayer and in the opening supplication you recite after the takbir of ihram. Seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, and try to bring your heart and mind to the prayer, and to understand the prayer. This is what is obligatory for you. If some distractions or thoughts occur to you, and then you drive them away and return to being present in the prayer, then this does not harm you, if Allah wills.
As for performing a precautionary prayer, this is not prescribed.
Question: What about the voluntary prayers or the regular voluntary prayers?
Answer: Yes, the regular voluntary prayers and the absolute voluntary prayers. A person should do a lot of them, from what is prescribed. Because the voluntary prayer completes the obligatory prayer if there is a deficiency in the obligatory one. And a Muslim should have a share of the voluntary prayers, and should strive to perform the regular voluntary prayers that accompany the obligatory ones, before them or after them, or before and after them.
Question: What is the ruling on repeating the prayer, for example, praying the midday prayer twice?
Answer: The prayer is not repeated unless a condition or pillar of it is disrupted, or something of its obligations is left intentionally. In that case, it is repeated. But if it is merely that thoughts, illusions, or whispers occurred in it, or something similar, this does not necessitate repeating it.