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i m doing job i cannot do namaz in zoher so what should i do can i make it in evennig after Eshah. and we are middle class family some of our anout which is still taken by some people are not paying so pls suggest me any tasbeeh or dua for this also

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Answer:

Miss Zohr prayers

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your comment: i m doing job i cannot do namaz in zoher so what should i do

Unless it is a life and death situation, one is not allowed to miss their ‘fard’ or obligatory prayers. It only takes a couple of minutes to offer the ‘fard’ prayers, thus being on a job is not an acceptable excuse to miss a ‘fard’ prayer regularly. If one regular misses a ‘fard’ prayer without a valid reason, it is a huge sin in Islam. The prayers are a duty prescribed by Allah that must be prayed on time.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 103: Indeed the Salaat is a prescribed duty that should be performed by the believers at appointed times.

Your comment: can i make it in evennig after Eshah.

If perchance, one has missed any fard prayer, then that prayer has to be made up later. It is preferred that the prayers are always prayed in sequence. Thus if one has missed the dhuhr, asr and magrib prayers, and wants to pray them with the Isha prayers… then the sequence should be that one should pray the dhuhr first, then the asr, then the magrib and then the isha prayers.

Your comment: we are middle class family some of our anout which is still taken by some people are not paying so pls suggest me any tasbeeh or dua for this also.

We are sorry, we could not understand the word or term ‘anout’. Could you please clarify so that we can reply this question.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan