If anyone has missed some of his/her prayers (Obligatory prayers) than it would be better if you pray one or more Qaza prayer(s) with each of your daily five prayers, instead of praying Nafal prayers. Because one has to compelete obligatory (qaza ) prayer before death. And first question will be asked about these prayers on judgment day .
One added benefit is that in Ramazan-ul-mubarik reward of every good deed is multiplied many fold ( 70 time or more according to hadees) so we should capitalize on this added bonus
Thanks for the reminder, Namaaz is very important, I know people who fast and give charity but don't pray, i doubt these'll have much benefit without prayer.
as muslims the five pillars are absoloutley essential.
What is the age that salah is obligatory upon a muslim? I thought it was 10 but some people believe it is 12.
Say one person has missed prayers in all his teens, would he have to do 9 years qada or 7 years qada?
Can someone just seek forgiveness from Allah when he realizes what he has missed and start reading his salah from then on or should he seek forgiveness and read his missed prayers along with the coming prayers?
One is considered resposible for his/her prayers when he/she reaches age of puberty. Islamically, a boy or girl is adult when they are able to reproduce. That age differs for every individual. It may vary from 9~10 years to 14~15 years. Everyone can find out about themselves, If not sure then one should go for aproximate age, i.e 12~13 years.
One should start praying obligatory prayers, at whatever age Allah Taala guide him, and be thankful for that. But missed prayer are due on his part, and they can not be written-off in any case whatsoever.
One can slowly and gradually pray his/her Qaza prayers, when ever he/she gets time or more convinient pray one qaza prayer with daily obligatory prayer. Allah tala will make it easer for those who try
I am no Alim or anything, just an ordinary muslim, May Allah forgive me if there is any conflict in above, in that case please consult your local Aalim or fiqah and enlighten me. Thanks
No basis for this as far as i know. From what I've read, if a person doesn't pray AT ALL and starts praying lets say when they're 20, then they do not need to make up all the prayers for the 5-7 years. "Umar qaza" to the best of my knowledge has NOT been mentioned by the Prophet or by his companions.
However if you do pray regularly but miss salah sometimes then you should make them up as soon as you remember.. this is what the hadith talk about.
Basis of what ? Obligation of prayers or when it becomes obligatory on a person ?
Prayers Five times a day are obligatory on every sane adult muslim, There is no excuse for not praying. Same is ture for Fasting in the month of Ramzan, but there can be excuses in exceptional cases. Thats what I know, And It is mostly agreed upon among muslims.
Ammar - so according to you say a person (muslim) starts praying at the age of 40 or 50 they still do not need to make up for the prayers for the earlier years as according to your best of knowledge "Umer qaza" has not been mentioned by prophet or his companions ??
It is amazing that 'best of our knowledge' is so adjustable that it shrinks to zilch for personal convenience and expands to horizons when we in mood of scholary debate :)
Code red- i think it is upon you to provide proof for praying umar qaza. The qaza that the Prophet (saws) told us to pray is for daily missed prayers, not for ages of missed prayers.
I have no convenience in this whatsoever.. i'm not old enough to be running away from years of missed prayers..
^ so I am also talking about daily missed prayers :konfused: If someone piles them up for years … does it mean that the obligation of these prayers expires after some years ??
At the time of prophet :saw: and companions, there was no concept of a muslim ( no matter how bad) who would not pray obligatory prayers for years. It was that important and it is that important. Do i need to post some of the hundreds of Hadees or Quranic Ayat which make it crystal clear that establishing prayers is a duty of every muslim no matter what ?
Pakistaniabroad - There is no confussion regarding obligation of prayers in Islam, in any sect whatsoever. It is also agreed upon that you have to complete the count if you missed obligatory prayer for days, weeks or years. If you think that Muslims are wrong in this belief please bring forward the substance in this regard :flower1:
The obligation doesn't expire. It simply means that if someone misses prayers habitually due to not recognizing its importance or some other reason, then what I have understood from the scholars is this: The person should make repentence for missing years of prayers, and start praying regularly from then on.
Why I do not believe in your umar qaza theory is because it has no basis in the words of the Prophet or the companions, which means it is a matter of ijtihad, and what makes sense to me is that those years of missed prayers are forgiven if you pray regularly. This makes sense in our culture especially because kids are forced to pray without understanding the meaning behind the words, which means later in their life they tend to ignore salah and are not fully aware of its importance.
