Making up the Night Prayer
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 76
قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «كُلُّ مَا فَاتَكَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَاقْضِهِ بِالنَّهَارِ قَالَ اَللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: «وَ هُوَ اَلَّذِي جَعَلَ اَللَّيْلَ وَ اَلنَّهٰارَ خِلْفَةً لِمَنْ أَرٰادَ أَنْ يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرٰادَ شُكُوراً » »
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "Whatever you miss during the night, make it up during the day, as Allah سبحانه وتعالى the Exalted said: 'And it is He who made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.'”.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «قَضَاءُ صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ بَعْدَ اَلْغَدَاةِ وَ بَعْدَ اَلْعَصْرِ مِنْ سِرِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْمَخْزُونِ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "Making up the Night Prayer after the Morning Prayer and after the Afternoon Prayer is among the hidden secrets of the Family of Muhammad."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وقد روي نهى عن الصلاة عند طلوع الشمس وعند غروبها لان الشمس تطلع بين قرني شيطان وتغرب بين قرني شيطان إلا أنه روي لي جماعة من مشائخنا عن
Additionally, it has been narrated that there is a prohibition on performing prayers at the time of sunrise and sunset because the sun rises and sets between the horns of Shaytan (Satan). However, a group of our elders narrated (In the next Hadith)
عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحُسَيْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ اَلْأَسَدِيِّ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا وَرَدَ مِنْ جَوَابِ مَسَائِلِهِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ اَلْعَمْرِيِّ قَدَّسَ اَللَّهُ رُوحَهُ: «وَ أَمَّا مَا سَأَلْتَ عَنْهُ مِنَ اَلصَّلاَةِ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ اَلشَّمْسِ وَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا فَلَئِنْ كَانَ كَمَا يَقُولُ اَلنَّاسُ إِنَّ اَلشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ وَ تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ فَمَا أُرْغِمَ أَنْفُ اَلشَّيْطَانِ بِشَيْءٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ اَلصَّلاَةِ فَصَلِّهَا وَ أَرْغِمْ أَنْفَ اَلشَّيْطَانِ.
From Abu al-Hussain Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Asadi, it is narrated that in response to his questions, Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Amri (may Allah سبحانه وتعالى sanctify his soul) conveyed: "As for what you asked regarding prayer at the time of sunrise and sunset, if it is as people say that the sun rises and sets between the horns of Shaytan (Satan), then what better way to humiliate Shaytan than through prayer? So, pray during these times and humiliate Shaytan”.
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وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وتَعَالَى لَيُبَاهِي مَلاَئِكَتَهُ بِالْعَبْدِ يَقْضِي صَلاَةَ اَللَّيْلِ بِالنَّهَارِ فَيَقُولُ «يَا مَلاَئِكَتِي اُنْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي يَقْضِي مَا لَمْ أَفْتَرِضْهُ عَلَيْهِ أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ».
The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: "Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, takes pride in His angels with the servant who makes up the missed prayers of the night during the day. He says, 'O’ My angels, look at My servant who is fulfilling what I did not obligate upon him. I make you witness that I have forgiven him.'"
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وَ رَوَى بُرَيْدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ اَلْعِجْلِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «أَفْضَلُ قَضَاءِ صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ فِي اَلسَّاعَةِ اَلَّتِي فَاتَتْكَ آخِرِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ لَيْسَ بَأْسٌ أَنْ تَقْضِيَهَا بِالنَّهَارِ وَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَزُولَ اَلشَّمْسُ.
Burayd ibn Mu'awiyah al-'Ijli narrated from Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام that He said: "The best time to make up the missed night prayers is at the same hour during the following night when it was missed. However, it is permissible to make them up during the day, even before the sun's decline (before noon)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 70
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُرَازِمِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ اَلْأَزْدِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَرِضْتُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ لَمْ أُصَلِّ نَافِلَةً فِيهَا فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِنِّي مَرِضْتُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ لَمْ أُصَلِّ نَافِلَةً فَقَالَ «لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ قَضَاءٌ إِنَّ اَلْمَرِيضَ لَيْسَ كَالصَّحِيحِ كُلُّ مَا غَلَبَ اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَاللَّهُ أَوْلَى بِالْعُذْرِ فِيهِ.
Murazim ibn Hakim al-Azdi narrated that He said: "I was ill for four months and did not perform any of the supererogatory (nafilah) prayers during that time. I mentioned this to Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام Imam عليه السلام said: 'There is no obligation on you to make them up; indeed, the condition of the sick is not like that of the healthy. Whatever overwhelms you, Allah سبحانه وتعالى is more deserving of offering an excuse for it.'".
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 71
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مَرِضَ فَتَرَكَ اَلنَّافِلَةَ فَقَالَ «يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَيْسَتْ بِفَرِيضَةٍ إِنْ قَضَاهَا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ يَفْعَلُهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ.
Muhammad ibn Muslim narrates that Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام said: "I asked him about a man who became ill and thus did not perform the supererogatory (nafilah) prayers. Imam عليه السلام said: 'O’ Muhammad, they are not obligatory. If he makes them up, it is a good deed he performs, and if he does not, there is no obligation upon him.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 71
وَ سَأَلَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ: عَنْ قَضَاءِ اَلْوَتْرِ بَعْدَ اَلظُّهْرِ فَقَالَ «اِقْضِهِ وَتْراً أَبَداً كَمَا فَاتَكَ.
Sulaiman ibn Khalid asked Imam عليه السلام about making up the Witr prayer after midday. Imam عليه السلام said: "Make it up as a single (Witr) always, just as it was missed."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 71
وَ سَأَلَهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ لَهُ: أُصْبِحُ عَنِ اَلْوَتْرِ إِلَى اَللَّيْلِ فَكَيْفَ أَقْضِي فَقَالَ «مِثْلاً بِمِثْلٍ.
Hammad ibn Uthman asked Imam عليه السلام and said: "I wake up after missing the Witr until the night. How do I make it up?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Like for like."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 71
وَ رَوَى عَنْهُ حَرِيزٌ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «كَانَ أَبِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رُبَّمَا قَضَى عِشْرِينَ وَتْراً فِي لَيْلَةٍ.
Hariz narrated that Imam عليه السلام said, "My father (Imam عليه السلام) would sometimes make up twenty Witr prayers in a single night."
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وَ سَأَلَ عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ اَلْمُغِيرَةِ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَفُوتُهُ اَلْوَتْرُ فَقَالَ «يَقْضِيهِ وَتْراً أَبَداً.
Abdullah ibn al-Mughirah asked Abu Ibrahim Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim عليه السلام about a man who misses the Witr prayer. Imam عليه السلام said: "He should make it up as a single Witr always."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 71
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