I missed my fajar - morning prayers, as i overslept. I got up as the sun was rising. What is to be done in such situation?
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missed my fajar - morning prayers, as i overslept. I got up as the sun was
rising. What is to be done in such situation?
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Overslept fajr 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.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 447 Narrated by
We proceeded with the Messenger of Allah
(saws) on the occasion of al-Hudaybiyyah. The Messenger of Allah (saws) said:
‘Who will keep watch for us?’ Bilal
said: ‘I (shall do).’ They all overslept
till the sun arose. The Prophet (saws) awoke and said: ‘Do as you used to do
(i.e. offer prayer as usual).’ Then we
did accordingly. He (saws) said: ‘Anyone who oversleeps or forgets
(prayer) should do similarly.’
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 444 Narrated by
We were in the company of the Messenger of
Allah (saws) during one of his journeys. He (saws) overslept abandoning the
morning prayer until the sun had arisen. The Messenger of Allah (saws) awoke
and said: ‘Go away from this place.’ He
(saws) then commanded Bilal to call for prayer. He called for prayer. They (the
people) performed ablution and offered two rak'ahs of the morning prayer
(Sunnah prayer). He (saws) then commanded Bilal (to utter the iqamah, i.e. to
summon the people to attend the prayer). He (Bilal) announced the iqamah, and
the Prophet (saws) led them in the morning prayer.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 1448 Narrated by
When the Messenger of Allah (saws) returned
from the expedition to Khaybar, he (saws) travelled one night and stopped for
rest when he became sleepy. He (saws)
told Bilal to remain on guard during the night while the Messenger of Allah
(saws) and his companions slept. When
the time for dawn approached Bilal leaned against his camel facing the direction
from which the dawn would appear. However he was overcome by sleep while he was
leaning against his camel, and neither the Messenger of Allah (saws), nor
Bilal, nor anyone else among his Companions rose until the sun shone on them.
Allah's Messenger (saws) was the first of them to awake and, being startled, he
(saws) called to Bilal who said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (saws)! May my father
and mother be offered as ransom for thee, the same thing overpowered me which
overpowered you (sleep).’ The Prophet
(saws) then said: ‘Lead the beasts on (meaning continue the journey).’ So they led their camels to some
distance. The Messenger of Allah (saws)
then performed ablution and gave orders to Bilal who pronounced the Iqamah and
then led them in the morning prayer.
When he (saws) finished the prayer he said: ‘When anyone forgets
the prayer, he should observe it when he remembers it.’
Your
Question: I missed my fajar - morning prayers, as i overslept. I got up as the
sun was rising. What is to be done in such situation?
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 3.114a
Related by
Recorded by
an-Nasa'i and at-Tirmidhi.
Anas related that
the Prophet (saws), said, "Whoever forgets a prayer should pray it when he
remembers it, and there is no expiation for it save that." (Related by
al-Bukhari and Muslim.)
If one slept with the intention to wake up and offer one’s
obligatory fajr prayers on time, but due to some reason overslept, should wait
until the sun has completely risen, perform the two-rakah Sunnah prayer, and
then perform the two-rakah obligatory prayer of fajr; it is expected that their
Lord Most Merciful will accept their worship and not diminish their reward in
the least.
If one has overslept at fajr and woken up only when the
sun is rising, one should wait until the sun has completely risen and only then
start their delayed fajr prayers, for it is forbidden for the believers to pray
when the sun is rising until it has completely risen, when the sun is at its
zenith at mid-day, and when the sun in setting until it has completely set.
Amr ibn Abbas
related that he said, "O Prophet of Allah (saws), inform me about the
prayers." He (saws) said, "Pray the morning prayer, and then abstain from prayer until
sunrise and the sun has completely risen, for it rises between the
horns of Shaitaan. That is when the
unbelievers prostrate to it. Then pray,
as your prayer will be witnessed and attended to until the shadow of a spear
becomes less than its length. At that
time stop praying, for at that time the hell-fire is fed with fuel. When the shade comes, you may pray, for your
prayer will be witnessed and attended (to by angels) until you pray the
afternoon prayer. Then abstain from praying
until the sun sets, for its sets between the horns of Shaitaan, and that is
when the unbelievers make prostrations to it." (Related by
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well wisher in Islam,
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