Is it permissible for one who missed the pre-Zuhr sunnah to pray it after the post-Zuhr sunnah?

The questioner : All right, is this action permissible? I know that the hadith is weak, but what is the ruling for the one who does that? If he missed the pre-Zuhr sunnah, he prays it after the two rak'ahs after Zuhr. Is it permissible?

The Shaykh : This is the preferred option.

The questioner : The preferred option?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Praise be to Allah. All right, how do we distinguish between when the prayer is combined, where the post-sunnah is not prayed?

The Shaykh : I think your question is incorrect.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : So if you consider it correct, repeat it; otherwise, correct it.

The questioner : If Allah wills. We will correct it. I asked you once, O Shaykh, about when the prayer is combined, meaning Zuhr with 'Asr in the state of residence. I asked you about the post-Zuhr sunnah, what happens to it? You said: Do not pray it after 'Asr.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : So does that not apply to the same statement, that if he missed the pre-Zuhr sunnah, he prays it after Zuhr? Or does that differ?

The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you. Is your question tonight about the combined prayer or about the prayer that was prayed in its time?

The questioner : No, I mentioned the one that was prayed in its time, and then I analogized the combined one to it.

The Shaykh : Yes. And are you acting as a mujtahid now?

The questioner : I seek refuge in Allah, no, by Allah, I am just asking the mujtahid, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : I am asking you: Is your question tonight the same as that one you repeated tonight?

The questioner : No, no, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah guide you. Every question has an answer, so that answer is related to that situation, and this answer is related to this situation.

The questioner : I wanted to know why we said "no" there and "yes" here?

The Shaykh : Yes, and where is your question now? You wanted to know why, whereas I said I analogized this to that.

The questioner : No, if Allah wills, we do not analogize.

The Shaykh : And that is why I told you, are you acting as a mujtahid?

The questioner : No, by Allah, I seek refuge in Allah.

The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah. The answer is that the one who prayed came to the mosque and found the imam standing praying, and he had not yet prayed the pre-Zuhr sunnah.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : So after he prayed the obligatory prayer with the imam, he wants to make up what he missed. What he missed has passed its time, so he now has to pray the post-sunnah. The post-sunnah in the prayer that was prayed in its time is prescribed, whereas in the combination it is not prescribed. So how do you say you analogized this to that?!

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : This is first. Second: If he prays the pre-sunnah before the post-sunnah, he has brought forward what deserves to be delayed and delayed what deserves to be brought forward. The post-sunnah is prayed after the obligatory prayer, and the pre-sunnah whose time has passed, whenever he prays it, even if it is after an hour, he has prayed it. And so we do not delay what should be hastened and bring forward what...