Making up missed prayers from childhood
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Question: Is it permissible to repeat the prayer in all times for one who missed a prayer in its time?
Answer: One who missed a prayer in its time should pray it whenever he is able to do so;As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan ad-Darimi 2:45, so the missed prayer is made up at any time, and it has no prohibited time.
The questioner’s wording is ambiguous;Because he says: Repeating the prayer, whereas the correct term is: making up the missed prayer.
Making up the missed prayer is permissible at any time one is able to do so, and he must hasten to make up the missed prayer.
[Making up missed prayers from childhood]
Question: I am consistent in performing the prayers in their times, praise be to Allah, but I wanted to make up for what I left during my childhood, meaning that I pray two prayers in every time. Is my practice correct, and if not, what must I do?
Answer: If you mean the stage of childhood before reaching puberty, then during this period there is no obligatory prayer upon you, and no making up is required of you.
As for if you mean after reaching puberty, and you were intentionally leaving the prayer after puberty, the correct opinion among the scholars is that one who intentionally leaves the prayer commits disbelief. If he repents to Allah the Exalted and Majestic with a valid repentance and is consistent in his prayer, then he is not required to make up what was missed during his intentional leaving of the prayer; because at that time he was not on Islam, according to the correct view; because one who intentionally leaves the prayer is a disbeliever,By the evidence of his saying, peace and blessings be upon him:Sunan Ibn Majah 1078Sahih (Darussalam) ،And he said, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him:Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam), and other evidence on the matter.
In conclusion: What is required of you, in our view, is repentance to Allah the Exalted and Majestic and consistency in performing the obligatory prayers in their times, and this expiates what has passed, if Allah wills.
Question: In the case where making up is obligatory on a person in other than this situation, for example, is the method of making up as our brother mentioned, by praying every prayer after its obligatory counterpart or its equivalent?
Answer: If a Muslim misses prayers that he left unintentionally, such as if he was sleeping, for example, or unconscious, or of unsound mind for a period, and then he wants to make up what was missed, he must make it up immediately, and not delay each prayer until its counterpart as some of the common people do;Because Allah says: [Taha: 14],And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says: Sunan ad-Darimi 2:45 ،His statement: If he remembers it: this is evidence that making up the missed prayers is immediate, so he should pray them in order according to the legal order, but immediately, and not delay them as mentioned, that he prays each prayer with its counterpart; this is an error.
Answer: One who missed a prayer in its time should pray it whenever he is able to do so;As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers it. There is no expiation for it except that.
من نسي صلاة أو نام عنها فليصلها إذا ذكرها لا كفارة لها إلا ذلكThe questioner’s wording is ambiguous;Because he says: Repeating the prayer, whereas the correct term is: making up the missed prayer.
Making up the missed prayer is permissible at any time one is able to do so, and he must hasten to make up the missed prayer.
[Making up missed prayers from childhood]
Question: I am consistent in performing the prayers in their times, praise be to Allah, but I wanted to make up for what I left during my childhood, meaning that I pray two prayers in every time. Is my practice correct, and if not, what must I do?
Answer: If you mean the stage of childhood before reaching puberty, then during this period there is no obligatory prayer upon you, and no making up is required of you.
As for if you mean after reaching puberty, and you were intentionally leaving the prayer after puberty, the correct opinion among the scholars is that one who intentionally leaves the prayer commits disbelief. If he repents to Allah the Exalted and Majestic with a valid repentance and is consistent in his prayer, then he is not required to make up what was missed during his intentional leaving of the prayer; because at that time he was not on Islam, according to the correct view; because one who intentionally leaves the prayer is a disbeliever,By the evidence of his saying, peace and blessings be upon him:
Between a person and Kufr (disbelief) is abandoning the prayer.
بين العبد وبين الكفر ترك الصلاةThe covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفرIn conclusion: What is required of you, in our view, is repentance to Allah the Exalted and Majestic and consistency in performing the obligatory prayers in their times, and this expiates what has passed, if Allah wills.
Question: In the case where making up is obligatory on a person in other than this situation, for example, is the method of making up as our brother mentioned, by praying every prayer after its obligatory counterpart or its equivalent?
Answer: If a Muslim misses prayers that he left unintentionally, such as if he was sleeping, for example, or unconscious, or of unsound mind for a period, and then he wants to make up what was missed, he must make it up immediately, and not delay each prayer until its counterpart as some of the common people do;Because Allah says: