Fatwa ID: 06447

Answered by: Shaykh Shafiur Rahman

Question:

A person who has missed many qadha is normally recommended to read qadha instead of nawafil and sunan ghair muakkadah.

What about sunan muakkadah?

Should he also leave those out and perform qadha or perform the current sunan muakkadah?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Ideally one should not completely leave out sunnah mu’akkadah prayers on a regular basis without excuse as this would be sinful and blameworthy.^[1] Therefore it would be better to do both the qadha prayers and the sunnah mu’akkadah prayers as far as one is able. If one is absolutely struggling to do both then the qadha for fardh prayer will have priority as it is a fardh compared to praying a sunnah mu’akada.^[2]

Only Allah knows best

Written by Shaykh Shafiur Rahman

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1] قَوْلُهُ وَسُنَّ مُؤَكَّدًا) أَيْ اسْتِنَانًا مُؤَكَّدًا؛ بِمَعْنَى أَنَّهُ طُلِبَ طَلَبًا مُؤَكَّدًا زِيَادَةً عَلَى بَقِيَّةِ النَّوَافِلِ، وَلِهَذَا كَانَتْ السُّنَّةُ الْمُؤَكَّدَةُ قَرِيبَةً مِنْ الْوَاجِبِ فِي لُحُوقِ الْإِثْمِ كَمَا فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَيَسْتَوْجِبُ تَارِكُهَا التَّضْلِيلَ وَاللَّوْمَ كَمَا فِي التَّحْرِيرِ: أَيْ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْإِصْرَارِ بِلَا عُذْرٍ كَمَا فِي شَرْحِهِ

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[2] وَقَضَاءُ الْفَرْضِ وَالْوَاجِبِ وَالسُّنَّةِ فَرْضٌ وَوَاجِبٌ وَسُنَّةٌ) لَفٌّ وَنَشْرٌ مُرَتَّبٌ، وَجَمِيعُ أَوْقَاتِ الْعُمْرِ وَقْتٌ لِلْقَضَاءِ إلَّا الثَّلَاثَةَ الْمَنْهِيَّةَ كَمَا مَرَّ

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