What is the ruling on one who neglected the festival prayer and did not perform it? Does he make it up or not?
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The questioner : I mean, Shaykh, your words yesterday on the phone regarding what I asked you about the festival prayer, and he did not say to me, "Oh Allah, oh Abu 'Abdullah, if you had said this to me before I sent a new message..." The festival prayers are forbidden, and we are preparing a new edition of it, so we would have included this statement in it. We told him, "It is Allah's decree, and He did what He willed." My Shaykh, look, do we know our lesson or not? In your opinion, based on what we heard from you yesterday, if...
The Shaykh : ...you are not memorizing it, meaning it was reported from you, but you are not memorizing it. One of the two, bring it so we can see now.
The questioner : Here, my Shaykh, if a man neglected the festival prayer, then he has no festival prayer to perform; he does not perform the festival prayer, and he is sinful.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner : He does not perform it, and he is sinful.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for if he was not negligent due to an inability on his part, or if he came and found that the prayer had ended, then he is excused by Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but he performs the festival prayer.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner : There is a difference between performing it alone or performing it in congregation. If he performs it in congregation, he performs it in two rak'ahs and says the takbir in it, and also the additional takbirs that we benefited from you now. And if he performs it alone, he performs it in four rak'ahs.
The Shaykh : So, what was reported from you is not understood from you, or you did not understand it either; this is a possible scenario.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner : But I...
The Shaykh : As for now, I say, may Allah forgive you.
The Shaykh : ...you are not memorizing it, meaning it was reported from you, but you are not memorizing it. One of the two, bring it so we can see now.
The questioner : Here, my Shaykh, if a man neglected the festival prayer, then he has no festival prayer to perform; he does not perform the festival prayer, and he is sinful.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner : He does not perform it, and he is sinful.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : As for if he was not negligent due to an inability on his part, or if he came and found that the prayer had ended, then he is excused by Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but he performs the festival prayer.
The Shaykh: Perfect.
The questioner : There is a difference between performing it alone or performing it in congregation. If he performs it in congregation, he performs it in two rak'ahs and says the takbir in it, and also the additional takbirs that we benefited from you now. And if he performs it alone, he performs it in four rak'ahs.
The Shaykh : So, what was reported from you is not understood from you, or you did not understand it either; this is a possible scenario.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner : But I...
The Shaykh : As for now, I say, may Allah forgive you.
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