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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If one wakes up for the Fajr prayer but after the sun has risen, should he continue sleeping and pray later?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person sleeps through the Fajr prayer and wakes up after the sun has risen, and he is tired and the time has passed, is it permissible for him to go back to sleep so that he wakes up two or three hours later and prays then?

Answer:
It is not permissible for him to sleep through the Fajr prayer in the first place. Rather, he should add to the mud with water, as they say. It is obligatory for him to hasten to the prayer and not delay it, nor sleep through the Fajr prayer. He should take the measures that wake him up for the Fajr prayer.
Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayerحَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ
[Al-Baqarah 2:238]
The one who is lax and says, "Whenever I get up," is one who neglects the prayer.
But there came after them successors who neglected prayerفَخَلَفَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ
[Maryam 19:59]
So he is either one of those who neglect it or one of those who are consistent with it. Which is better? He who is consistent with his prayers; they are his capital from this world, and they are the delight of the eye of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoingالصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ
[Al-'Ankabut 29:45]
If he neglects them, what will restrain him from immorality and wrongdoing? The one who neglects them is more neglectful of what is besides them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [438 -2802] من استيقظ لصلاة الفجر ولكن بعد شروق الشمس، هل يستمر في النوم ويصلي بعد ذلك؟ — youtube.com

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