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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Making up the missed Fajr prayer

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Question:
The questioner says: If a Muslim misses the Fajr prayer at its appointed time and gets up to perform it, for example at seven in the morning, does he pray the two obligatory rak'ahs and the recommended practice, or does he suffice with the two obligatory rak'ahs?

Answer:
If one sleeps through the Fajr prayer because sleep overcame him, and he wants to get up but sleep overcomes him at times, then when he wakes up, he should hasten to pray and perform the regular voluntary prayer that precedes it. This is something that happened to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on some of his journeys. They slept through the Fajr prayer, and nothing woke them up but the heat of the sun. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) moved from that place to another, and ordered the mu'adhdhin to call the adhan. Then they prayed the regular voluntary prayer, and then he ordered the mu'adhdhin to call the iqamah, so he led them in the Fajr prayer. Then he said (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers it.من نسي صلاة أو نام عنها فليصلها إذا ذكرها
Sunan ad-Darimi 2:45
, and there is no expiation for it except that. Yes. Honorable Shaykh, as for those who are accustomed to getting up at seven o'clock and leaving the Fajr prayer, and setting their alarm clocks for this time to get up for their work, what is the guidance for these people? If they intentionally delay it past its time, they have not prayed it in the manner Allah commanded. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا
[An-Nisa 4:103]
. So if he takes it out of its time intentionally, it is not valid and is not accepted from him. He must repent to Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, and be diligent in praying at its times, and not play with it. Yes.

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Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 249 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:28)

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