Can any Kaza(missed) namaz be performed after Fajr and/or Asr.
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One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
I wish to know the period of history when
the incident of the sabbath mentioned in the quran sura 7 verse 166 whether
during the period of Moosa (AS) or Dawood (AS) and if possible the year(before
Hijri)
2. Can any Kaza(missed) namaz be performed after Fajr and/or Asr.
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Answer:
Sabbath and Qada prayers
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no dai, nobody!) worthy of
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Your Question: I wish to know the period of history when
the incident of the sabbath mentioned in the quran sura 7 verse 166 whether
during the period of Moosa (AS) or Dawood (AS) and if possible the year(before
Hijri)
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verses 163-166:
163 Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! They transgressed in the matter of
the Sabbath. For on the day of their
Sabbath their fish did come to them openly holding up their heads but on the
day they had no Sabbath they came not: thus did We make a trial of them for
they were given to transgression.
164 When some of them said: "why do ye preach to a people whom
Allah will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?" Said the preachers: "to discharge our
duty to your Lord and perchance they may fear him."
165 When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them We
rescued those who forbade evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a grievous
punishment because they were given to transgression.
166 When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibition, We said
to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."
Allah Says in
the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verses 65-66:
65 And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of
the Sabbath; We said to them: "Be ye apes despised and rejected."
66 So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity,
and a lesson to those who fear Allah.
Neither the Glorious
Quran, nor the authentic and established Sunnah, nor the available Scriptures
of the People of the Book, nor the recorded history of the Bani Israel record
the exact dates or period of when exactly the above incident took place; thus
the Truth is that Allah Alone Knows best regarding the exact dates and the
period of this incident.
Although the breaking or
violation of the Sabbath carried a death penalty in the Mosaic Law, the
Israelites had begun to practice open transgression of the Sabbath. If the available scriptures of the People of
the Book are to be believed, during the time (628BC-586BC) of Jeremiah (regarded
as a Prophet in the Old Testament), the Israelites used to carry in loads of
merchandise through the gates of
Likewise, Ezekiel (who
is also regarded as a Prophet in the Old Testament 595BC-536BC) also complains
bitterly of the desecration of the Lord’s Sabbath by the Jews on a national
scale (Bible, Ezekiel 20: 12-24). From
these quotations the historians have deduced that the incident mentioned in the
Quran of the Sabbath breakers might have occurred during or soon after this
period. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
The historians and
researches are of the opinion that the place where this incident related in the
Quran took place is most probably the port city of Ailah (or (previous names
Elat or Elote) where the modern Jewish state of Israel has constructed a
sea-port of the same name, the location of which is very close to the famous
Jordanian port of Aqabah. The location
of Ailah is at the end of the long inlet of the Red Sea which is between the
eastern part of the Sinai Peninsula and the western side of
Your Question: Can any Kaza(missed) namaz be performed
after Fajr and/or Asr.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 1.555 Narrated by Umar
The Prophet
(saws) forbade praying after the Fajr prayer till the sun rises, and after the
'Asr prayer till the sun sets.
In light of the above guidance
of the Messenger of Allah (saws) it is not permissible for one to offer
voluntary Nafl prayers after the obligatory Fajr prayers until the sun has
risen completely, and after the obligatory Asr prayers after the sun has set
completely.
Qais ibn 'Umar
relates that he went to the fajr prayer and found the Prophet (saws) praying
fajr. Although Qais had not prayed the sunnah prayer, he joined the Prophet
(saws) and prayed fajr with him. When he had finished praying fajr (in
congregation with the Prophet (saws)), he got up and prayed the two rak'at (of sunnah)
prayer (which he had missed). The Messenger of Allah (saws) passed by him and
inquired: "What is this prayer?" Qais then informed him (saws) of all that had
happened. The Prophet (saws) kept silent and did not say anything.
This is
related by Ahmad, Ibn Khuzaimah, Ibn Hibban, at-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn
Majah.
In light of the above
guidance, the scholars and jurists in Islam hold it permissible for one who has
missed his prayers, to offer ‘qada’ or missed prayers after the obligatory
prayers of fajr and asr; but hold the
praying of voluntary or extra Nafl prayers after the obligatory prayers of Fajr
and Asr as prohibited.
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me alone. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister