He says: I have missed much of the Fajr prayer, and I do not know how much I missed. Is an expiation required for that, and what is the expiation? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
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The questioner : He says: I have missed much of the Fajr prayer, and I do not know how much I missed. Is an expiation required for that, and what is the expiation? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : The expiation for prayer, if a person leaves it for an excuse, is to pray it, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): And if you do not know how much you missed, then you should investigate and act according to what is most likely in your mind regarding the number of prayers you missed. So if you are in doubt whether it is three days or four, and it is most likely in your mind that it is four, then make it four. And if it is most likely in your mind that it is three, then make it three.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : From Riyadh, this message reached us from the honorable ... Isa from Morocco.
The Shaykh : The expiation for prayer, if a person leaves it for an excuse, is to pray it, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever sleeps through a prayer or forgets it, let him pray it when he remembers it. There is no expiation for it except that.
من نام عن صلاة أو نسيها فليصلها إذا ذكرها، لا كفارة لها إلا ذلكThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : From Riyadh, this message reached us from the honorable ... Isa from Morocco.