Does one who delays the prayer beyond its time make it up?

The questioner : May Allah reward you. If one delays the prayer beyond its time without intending to, what is the ruling? Does he commit a sin?

The Shaykh : .

The questioner : As if he says, "I will catch up with it in a little while, I will catch up with it in a little while." Does he repeat it?

The Shaykh : If one delays the prayer beyond its time without an excuse, say: If one delays the prayer beyond its time without an excuse, he is undoubtedly committing a forbidden act. The majority of scholars hold that he must make it up; it is obligatory for him to make it up, and this is part of the completion of his repentance. However, the correct view, which was chosen by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and other meticulous scholars, is that it is not accepted from him, even if he makes it up. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is the stronger position. It is said that his repentance is that he feels remorse, resolves not to return to it, and increases in righteous deeds. If they say, "If the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one with an excuse to pray it when he remembers it or when he wakes up," we say, yes, because the one with an excuse is excused by his name; he did not disobey Allah and His Messenger by transgressing the limits, unlike the one who delays without an excuse.