How to make up the Fajr prayer for one who slept through it?
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Question:
Our brother also asks and says: On one day, I was unable to perform the Fajr prayer because of sleep, so how do I make it up, if you permit?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the Muslim to take the measures that help him to pray Fajr in congregation, and so with the rest of the prayers. If the obstacle is staying up late, it is obligatory not to stay up late; he should sleep early so that he can rise for the prayer at its time. If the obstacle is that he has no one to wake him, he should set an alarm clock to the required time, so that when the time comes, he hears the alarm and rises to pray. Or he should instruct his family members, in whom he trusts, to wake him at the time.
As for being lenient and not caring, that means agreeing to abandon prayer and not caring about it, may Allah protect us from that. In that case, he would be sinful and imitating the enemies of Allah, the hypocrites, about whom the Exalted said: [al-Nisa: 142]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: : Sunan Ibn Majah 797Sahih (Darussalam) And Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: : meaning: prayer in congregation Sahih Muslim 654b.
So it is obligatory for every Muslim, and every Muslim woman, to beware of being lax with the prayer. It is obligatory to take the measures that help in performing it at its time, Fajr and the others, in all times. The one who stays up late must not stay up late so that he can rise for the Fajr prayer. The one who is lax in not setting the clock to the required time should attend to the clock and set it to the required time so that he hears the alert. The one who has family who wake him should instruct them to do so. He should do the measures that help him to perform the prayer, and he has no right to be lax in that ever. And so with the rest of the prayers, he should attend to the measures that help him to perform them at their times, and not be lax in that, lest he be imitating the hypocrites. We ask Allah for guidance and safety for everyone. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Our brother also asks and says: On one day, I was unable to perform the Fajr prayer because of sleep, so how do I make it up, if you permit?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the Muslim to take the measures that help him to pray Fajr in congregation, and so with the rest of the prayers. If the obstacle is staying up late, it is obligatory not to stay up late; he should sleep early so that he can rise for the prayer at its time. If the obstacle is that he has no one to wake him, he should set an alarm clock to the required time, so that when the time comes, he hears the alarm and rises to pray. Or he should instruct his family members, in whom he trusts, to wake him at the time.
As for being lenient and not caring, that means agreeing to abandon prayer and not caring about it, may Allah protect us from that. In that case, he would be sinful and imitating the enemies of Allah, the hypocrites, about whom the Exalted said:
Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلاةِ قَامُوا كُسَالَىThe most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the 'Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer
أثقل الصلاة على المنافقين صلاة العشاء وصلاة الفجرI have seen us, and the one who lags behind from it
لقد رأيتنا ومن يتخلف عنهاexcept a hypocrite, who was well known for his hypocrisy
إلا منافق معلوم النفاقSo it is obligatory for every Muslim, and every Muslim woman, to beware of being lax with the prayer. It is obligatory to take the measures that help in performing it at its time, Fajr and the others, in all times. The one who stays up late must not stay up late so that he can rise for the Fajr prayer. The one who is lax in not setting the clock to the required time should attend to the clock and set it to the required time so that he hears the alert. The one who has family who wake him should instruct them to do so. He should do the measures that help him to perform the prayer, and he has no right to be lax in that ever. And so with the rest of the prayers, he should attend to the measures that help him to perform them at their times, and not be lax in that, lest he be imitating the hypocrites. We ask Allah for guidance and safety for everyone. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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