Permissibility of making up the regular voluntary prayers if prevented from performing them for a valid excuse
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His Eminence the Shaykh: You know the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): (Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs during the day and night, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise) other than the obligatory prayer. Some students of knowledge may have lessons after the midday prayer, but the call to prayer is made and they are delayed at the university, and they do not reach the mosque until the time for the obligatory prayer, so should the twelve rak'ahs they were praying before be counted, or do we say: This is a voluntary prayer and seeking knowledge is an obligation, may Allah reward you?
It appears to me: If they are unable to perform the regular voluntary prayer before the midday prayer, then making it up afterwards suffices in place of performing it at its proper time, because they left off performing it for a valid excuse, which is their preoccupation with the lessons, and they cannot leave before their class time ends, yes, the class time. I see that these people are excused, and that if they perform the regular voluntary prayer before the midday prayer after the midday prayer, that is sufficient. But which should be prioritized: the two rak'ahs after the midday prayer or the four that are intended to be made up?Answer: The two rak'ahs after the prayer are prioritized, then he performs the four.
The questioner: Is it permissible to make them up after the afternoon prayer?The Shaykh: After the afternoon prayer, it is not permissible to make them up, because it is possible to make them up after the sunset prayer, for example.So we say: Making them up after the midday prayer is better. First: it involves hastening to good. Second: it is generally easier for the person.And third: If he delays it, he is exposed to forgetting it.
It appears to me: If they are unable to perform the regular voluntary prayer before the midday prayer, then making it up afterwards suffices in place of performing it at its proper time, because they left off performing it for a valid excuse, which is their preoccupation with the lessons, and they cannot leave before their class time ends, yes, the class time. I see that these people are excused, and that if they perform the regular voluntary prayer before the midday prayer after the midday prayer, that is sufficient. But which should be prioritized: the two rak'ahs after the midday prayer or the four that are intended to be made up?Answer: The two rak'ahs after the prayer are prioritized, then he performs the four.
The questioner: Is it permissible to make them up after the afternoon prayer?The Shaykh: After the afternoon prayer, it is not permissible to make them up, because it is possible to make them up after the sunset prayer, for example.So we say: Making them up after the midday prayer is better. First: it involves hastening to good. Second: it is generally easier for the person.And third: If he delays it, he is exposed to forgetting it.