Prayer with respect to the congregation, and the prayer may be missed with respect to the time, as if one did not wake up from sleep until after the time had passed, or similar cases.

The Shaykh : Prayer with respect to the congregation, and the prayer may be missed with respect to the time, as if one did not wake up from sleep until after the time had passed, or similar cases. The important thing is that there is no harm in this, and as al-Bukhari said, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is preferable to be followed. This is what the person who disliked saying "I missed the prayer" is doing, which is the opposite of some people. You might find, for example, someone who prays the prayer, and then he is asked, "Did you pray?" and he says, "If Allah wills." This phrase "if Allah wills," if he intends the action, is idle talk. The reason it is idle talk is that he did not pray except by the will of Allah. But if he intends the accepted prayer, then this is true, because a person does not know whether it was accepted or not. However, most people, when asked that, most people say "if Allah wills," and their intention is...
The student: ... , the emphasis

The Shaykh : No, his intention is the action, but it is better to say, "Yes, I prayed, and I hope for Allah's acceptance." And our Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) told us about the exaggeration of people in these matters. A man was asked, "So-and-so, how is it that you have so much dates this year? Who am I to send them to? Who will eat them?" He said, "No one ate them except Allah." Then he said "then" in the vernacular. It is known that this is not permissible, but this is a common person who thinks that "Allah then" is said for everything. Similarly, "if Allah wills" is said for everything, even if you ask a person, "Did you perform ablution? Are you in a state of ablution?" and he says, "If Allah wills." "Do you have a ghutrah (head covering)?" "If Allah wills." That is not correct; it is idle talk. So if someone asks, "What is the answer to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) regarding visiting graves, 'And indeed, if Allah wills, we will be with you'?" Even though he will certainly catch up with them, the answer to this is that some of the people of knowledge said that "if Allah wills, we will be with you" means in faith, not intending death, because death is inevitable. But the meaning is that we will be with you in faith. And some of them said that "if Allah wills" here means that we will catch up with you by the will of Allah, whenever He wills, we will catch up with you. And conditioning with the will in this manner is permissible, and from this is the saying of Allah the Exalted: because it is He (Mighty and Majestic) who will enter them, but He said "if Allah wills," meaning by His will. Yes.