Question:
Salaam,
Please can you tell me the correct method of making up missed salah according to the Hanafi fiqh. Is it permissable to make up missed prayers at any time throughout the day or must they be done at the correct time, i.e. missed fajr has to be performed at the time of fajr?
thank you very much
Answer:
As-Salamu `Alaykum,
The scholars agree that it is obligatory for one who has forgotten the salat or slept through its time to make up the missed (qada‘) prayer.
The person is to make up missed prayers before he prays the present salat. Scholars say that if he missed more than five prayers, he is to begin by praying the salat whose time is present [and then he is to make up the prayers he missed].
Imam Senad Agic, Ph.D.
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
www.mesihat.com
