Ruling on making up the regular voluntary prayer before the midday prayer and shortening it
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Question:
If one shortens the voluntary prayer, if one lengthens it, there is only enough time for one closing salam. I say: if one comes before the midday prayer, and the time is short, if one lengthens the two rak'ahs, there is only enough time for the two rak'ahs, and if one shortens, there is enough time for the four. Does one shorten or...?
Answer:
The time is ample, my son, after the call to prayer for the midday prayer, the time is ample.
Q: What if one comes late?
The Shaykh: He prays what is easy for him, and prays the rest after the prayer, he completes it after the prayer, he prays two before the prayer and four after the prayer so that the total becomes six, and if he prays four before it and four after it, that is better and better, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:262.
Q: Does one shorten, O Shaykh, or does one not shorten?
The Shaykh: Shortening is permissible, shortening does no harm with tranquility, and if one recites the short surahs like:[Al-Ikhlas 112:1], and al-Asr; then it is all good, and praise be to Allah.
If one shortens the voluntary prayer, if one lengthens it, there is only enough time for one closing salam. I say: if one comes before the midday prayer, and the time is short, if one lengthens the two rak'ahs, there is only enough time for the two rak'ahs, and if one shortens, there is enough time for the four. Does one shorten or...?
Answer:
The time is ample, my son, after the call to prayer for the midday prayer, the time is ample.
Q: What if one comes late?
The Shaykh: He prays what is easy for him, and prays the rest after the prayer, he completes it after the prayer, he prays two before the prayer and four after the prayer so that the total becomes six, and if he prays four before it and four after it, that is better and better, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
And in the narration of al-Khamsah, by her [Umm Habibah (RA)]: "Whoever prays regularly four Rak'at before and four Rak'at after the Zuhr prayer, Allah will forbid for him (from entering) the Hellfire."
مَن حافظ على أربع قبل الظهر وأربع بعدها حَرَّمه الله تعالى على النارQ: Does one shorten, O Shaykh, or does one not shorten?
The Shaykh: Shortening is permissible, shortening does no harm with tranquility, and if one recites the short surahs like:
Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,
قل هو الله أحد
Source
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