FatwaFederal TerritoriesPrayer (Salah)
IRSYAD HUKUM KE-5: HUKUM SOLAT YANG DITINGGALKAN KERANA MALAS DAN LALAI
Must prayers deliberately missed through laziness or negligence be made up, and is repentance alone enough?
Short answer
According to the well-known view of the Shafi'i school, missed prayers must be made up even when the cause was not sleep or forgetfulness, because a debt to Allah has priority.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
According to the well-known view of the Shafi'i school, missed prayers must be made up even when the cause was not sleep or forgetfulness, because a debt to Allah has priority. Prayers missed since puberty should be made up as far as possible, gradually if necessary, together with repentance, with the number estimated by strong probability or certainty. Making up missed voluntary prayers is recommended. One who abandons prayer by denying its obligation becomes an unbeliever, while one who abandons it out of laziness is still considered a Muslim.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Berkenaan dengan solat yang ditinggalkan semenjak aqil baligh, maka hendaklah diqada' semampu yang mungkin walaupun secara beransur-ansur sehingga selesai, di samping bertaubat kepada Allah SWT.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM KE-5: HUKUM SOLAT YANG DITINGGALKAN KERANA MALAS DAN LALAI”, 24 November 2014. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/2013-5. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-making-up-prayers-missed-laziness/