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Written by dislam
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Monday, 06 February 2006 |
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Prayer is the most important kind of worship. It is the support of religion, and therefore can never be omitted. However, scholars agree that any prescribed prayer that has been missed for whatever reason (e.g., forgetfulness, sleep, having an operation or a serious illness) must be made up. One can perform the missed prescribed prayer at any time, except when praying is prohibited. Missed prayer must be made up without delay.
Missed prayers should be performed in the proper order. For example, if one has missed less than six prayers, he or she should first perform that missed prayer before performing a new prayer whose time it is in. Doing so shows that one is a person of order, and making up missed prayers reinforces this. However, if one has missed more than six prayers, one can make up them in all times when praying is permissible. One who missed a prayer during journeying, he/she makes it up as 2 rak'ats except the evening prayer, no matter where he/she prays it.
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