Question

Asalaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullah.

When calculating qaza e umri namaaz and specifically the namaaz of Friday, should we calculate 2 qaza farz of Jummah or should we calculate 4 qaza farz of Zohur for Friday.

JazakAllah.

Answer

Wa alaykumussalam.

To make Salah qaza without a valid Shar’i reason is a major sin. It is obligatory upon the one who misses any Fard salah to make up for the Salah he has missed and sincerely repent.

When calculating qaza e umri, one will only include the Fard and Wajib of each day. Per day, there are in total 17 Fard rak’ats (Fajr: 2, Zuhr: 4, Asr: 4, Maghrib: 3, Isha: 4) and 3 Wajib rak’ats (Witr of Isha). One does not include the 2 Fard of Jumu’ah in this calculation, but instead will include 4 Fard of Zuhr, as there is no qaza of Jumu’ah Salah.

And Allah knows best. 

Muhammad Kalim  
5th Muharram al-Haram 1437AH

This answer is sufficient and correct and Allah knows best. 

The true performers of Salah will be called from Bab al-Salah (the Gate of Salah). Nowadays, crowds are lining up to perform Taraweeh yet people are nowhere to be seen for the Fara’id. The entire year’s Faraid Salah hang over the head. Perform Taraweeh, but perform your outstanding qada Salah instead of the Nafl after Witr. Perform qada instead of the optional units before [the Fard of] Isha. The Nawafil performed while one has oustanding Fard qada are not accepted. The big nights come and people perform many Nawafil, rubbing their heads on the ground; the thought does not occur to them to perform their oustanding obligation that hang on their necks, that will cut through their necks on the day of Qiyamah and will make them deserving of the wrath of Allāh. Perform those qada in those nights. Like this, the fasts of Muharram, the fasts of 15 Sha’baan, this fast, that fast - these are all very good fasts - these fasts should be kept by those people who have kept all their obligatory fasts. And those people who have obligatory fasts hanging over their heads, should keep qada fasts in these days. The oustanding fasts of Ramadan, keep them on 10 and 11 Muharram and in other days. So there is some decrease in the awaiting punishment, so that one may save oneself from the wrath of Allah. But people don’t take heed.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The true Namazis will be called [from Bab al-Salah].” Not these fake namazis like the wahabis, or mirzais, or other deviant sects. Their namaz is not Namaz. The thing I cannot understand is those whose Namaz is Namaz do not perform it, while those whose namaz is not even Namaz, they are at it rigorously all the time. Those whose namaz is not even accepted, their mosques are packed, performing tirelessly. And they get nothing it is all فَجَعَلنٰهُ هَبَاءً مَّنثُورا it is all worthless, like dust. It has no value.

The true performers of Salah will be called from Bab al-Salah.

Transcribed from a speech by Huzur Muhaddith e Kabeer Allamah Zia ul Mustafa Azmi

Translated by Neesarahmed Amjadi

Assalamu Alaykum

I have only been regular and punctual in my 5 daily prayers for the last 1 year. Before this I used to pray now and again, i.e. when I was home I would pray, but when at school/work/football/with friends I used to miss prayers on some occasions. How can I calculate the prayers that I need to make up as I do not know the exact amount?

Please pray that Allah grants me Istiqamah in performing the 5 daily prayers on time.

Jazakallah Khair.

الجواب بعون الملك الوهاب

Wa laykum as Salam,

The method of calculating the prayers that one may have missed in the past is to calculate estimation in ones heart as to how many prayers he may have missed up until the heart’s content. A very question was posed to Sayyidi Ala Hazrat alayhir rahmah, Huzoor Mufti e Azam alayhir rahmah records in Al Malfuz Al Shareef as follows:

QUESTION: Respected Sir! Worldly transactions have held me so much so that I cannot perform my past Qada Salaah. I intend to do it daily but I fail.  Can I first pray all my Fajr Qada, then Zohr, then Asr? Is there any harm in performing them in this order?  I also cannot recall how many of my Salaah are Qada. What should I do in this case? 

ANSWER: It is compulsory to perform all Qada Salaah as quickly as possible. One cannot say when death will come. There is no difficulty in performing 20 Rakaats daily (2 Fajr, 4 Zohr, 4 Asr, 3 Maghrib, and 7 for Esha, i.e. 4  Fard and 3 Witr.)  One can perform this Salaah anytime of the day after sunrise, sunset and Zawaal.  One has the option to read all the Fajr Qada first, then Zohr, Asr, and Maghrib and Esha, or each one for a day. A maximum estimate record of all the Qada must be made and performed accordingly. It is better to read more than the estimated Rakaats, but not less. If one daily reads in this manner then all Qada  will eventually be completed. So, do not delay or be lazy to complete them. No Nafil Salaah is accepted if one has Qada of any Fard Salaah.

Niyyah for Qada Salaah can be performed in the following manner. Say you have 100 Fajr Qada. Every time you perform one Qada, say, “I intend to perform my first Fajr Qada.” In this way you will perform them all. The same method may be used to complete all Qada Salaah. If one has a lot of Qada to complete, then one must perform them quickly. One may recite Subhaan-Allah (سبحان الله) 3 times instead of Sura Fateha only in the empty Rakaats (the third and fourth Rakaats in 4 Rakaat Fard (i.e.Zohr, Asr and Esha) or the third Rakaat in 3 Rakaat Salaah (Maghrib). There is no harm if one reads one Tasbeeh instead of three in the Ruku and Sojood. The Fard will be completed. One may read this Darood Shareef (Salawaat) اللهم صل على سيّدنا محمد و آله  in Tashahud instead of the complete Darood-e-Ibraheem. In Witr, read رب  اغفري once instead of the complete Du’a-e-Qonoot.  

One can read Qada Salaah 20 minutes after sunrise and 20 minutes before sunset. It is not permissible before or after these times. One must also perform this Salaah in secrecy, as the exposure of sins in public is not permissible.

Say if one has about 40 or 50 years Qada, one has to give up his entire daily routine to complete this important task. If such a person has to die within a month or so in this engagement, then the ultimate Mercy of the Compassionate Lord will complete the remainder of one’s Salaah. The Merciful Allah I states, 

*ومن يهاجر في سبيل الله يجد في الارض مراغما كثيرا وسعة. ومن يخرج من بيته مهاجرا إلى الله و رسوله ثمّ  يدركه الموت فقد وقع اجره على الله وكان الله غفورا رحيما *

“He who forsakes his home in the cause of Allah Ta’ala, finds in the earth many a refuge, wide and spacious: should he die as a refugee from home for Allah Ta’ala and His Messenger (Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam) his reward becomes due and sure with Allah Ta’ala, and AllahTa’ala is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.” 

The general rule is mentioned in this Ayah. Even if one takes a single step out of his home and dies, then complete Thawaab will be noted in one’s Book of Records. Here the intention will be taken into account. Every action is based on good intentions. The Hadith Shareef states,

*إنما الأعمال بالنيات *

Indeed, all actions are based on one’s intentions. 

(Al Malfuz Al Shareef by Ala Hazrat alayhir rahmah pg 86)

May Allah Subahanu Wa Ta’ala grant you success to swiftly carry out your remaining salah, Aameen.

Mufti Sufyan Qadri (Leicester, UK)