Fatwa ID: 04719 

Answered by: Alimah Umm Abdullah

Question

I prayed Isha already then went to bed. I woke up later in the night prayed Isha again thinking I didn’t pray. It was when I finished praying that I remembered that I had already prayed before going to bed.

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

Answer:

If a person offered his Fardh Salaah and then prayed it again, it will be considered a Nafl prayer. [1]

Only Allah Ta’ala knows best

Written by Alimah Umm Abdullah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham.

[1]

وَالْكُلُّ يُسَمَّى نَافِلَةً لِأَنَّهُ زِيَادَةٌ عَلَى الْفَرْضِ لِتَكْمِيلِه

رد المحتار على الدر المختار، ج٢/ص٣، المكتبة الشاملة