Do I need to make up sunnah prayers that I offered incorrectly by leaving out a wajib?
Question
May Allah accept your great service for humanity, my question is that a person had been praying his 4 rakaats of sunnate mukkada before zuhr in a way that he didn’t recite any surah after fatiha in the last two rakaats which is I believe compulsory, recently he came to know that he should have been reciting other surahs also, does he has to make up for all the rakaats he prayed incorrectly?
Jazak Allaho Khair
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
No, one does not have to make up a sunnah salah that was offered incorrectly after the time of that salah has expired. [i][ii]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Sohail ibn Arif,
Assistant Mufti, Darul Iftaa
Chicago, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[i] وشرعت الواجبات لإكمال الفرائض والسنن لإكمال الواجبات. والأدب لإكمال السنة ليكون كل منها حضا
لما شرع لتكميله وحكم الواجب استحقاق العقاب بتركه عمدا وعدم إكفار جاحده والثواب بفعله ولزوم سجود السهو لنقض الصلاة بتركه سهوا وإعادتها بتركه عمد
"وإعادتها بتركه عمدا" أي ما دام الوقت باقيا وكذا في السهو ان لم يسجد له وإن لم يعدها حتى خرج الوقت تسقط مع النقصان وكراهة التحريم ويكون فاسقا آثما وكذا الحكم في كل صلاة أديت مع كراهة التحريم.
حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح، ١/ ٢٤٧ - ٢٤٨
فتاوى محمودية، ٧/ ٣٦٩ - ٣٧٠ فاروقية [ii]
- Answered by
- Mufti Sohail ibn Arif
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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