What is the wisdom in making up missed voluntary prayers?
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The questioner : ... , Shaykh, in the previous hadith of 'Umar, we said that the one who habitually prays a set amount and then sleeps through it, meaning he has to make it up.
The Shaykh : It is better for him to make it up.
The questioner : It is better to make it up.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, is it not better for the one who does not pray ... the prayer, because the one who has a set amount, his reward is greater and his obedience is more?
The Shaykh : How? The one who does not pray?
The questioner : Shaykh, ... the one who has a set amount is asked to make it up.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is better to make it up.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, if the one who has a set amount is asked to make it up, is it not better for the one who does not pray to pray, or to ... the prayer, because this is greater reward and more obedience?
The Shaykh : The one who missed the prayer makes it up.
The questioner : ... we said that he has a set amount at night, for example, or night prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If he sleeps through it, he prays it during the day.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, ... the one who has a set amount is asked to make it up. I do not know the wisdom of ... (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding making it up, even though his reward is abundant and his obedience is much ... all people or all believers ...
The Shaykh : This is originally voluntary. Voluntary prayer is made up as voluntary, and obligatory prayer is made up as obligatory.
The questioner : Shaykh, what is the wisdom of making it up?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : What is the wisdom of making it up?
The Shaykh : The wisdom is that nothing of his work that he used to do is missed, because perhaps his soul will lead him to slacken little by little until he leaves it off, desiring to abandon it.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, Zaki.
The Shaykh : It is better for him to make it up.
The questioner : It is better to make it up.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, is it not better for the one who does not pray ... the prayer, because the one who has a set amount, his reward is greater and his obedience is more?
The Shaykh : How? The one who does not pray?
The questioner : Shaykh, ... the one who has a set amount is asked to make it up.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is better to make it up.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, if the one who has a set amount is asked to make it up, is it not better for the one who does not pray to pray, or to ... the prayer, because this is greater reward and more obedience?
The Shaykh : The one who missed the prayer makes it up.
The questioner : ... we said that he has a set amount at night, for example, or night prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If he sleeps through it, he prays it during the day.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, ... the one who has a set amount is asked to make it up. I do not know the wisdom of ... (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding making it up, even though his reward is abundant and his obedience is much ... all people or all believers ...
The Shaykh : This is originally voluntary. Voluntary prayer is made up as voluntary, and obligatory prayer is made up as obligatory.
The questioner : Shaykh, what is the wisdom of making it up?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : What is the wisdom of making it up?
The Shaykh : The wisdom is that nothing of his work that he used to do is missed, because perhaps his soul will lead him to slacken little by little until he leaves it off, desiring to abandon it.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, Zaki.