How to Make Up Missed Prayers

Sheikh Bali did not stop at just saying "make them up" — he laid out the whole calculation, with notebook and pen.

How the Question Comes

The question was simple — after reaching puberty, we have missed many prayers; what should we do now?

Many think that after so many years the count will never add up, so let it be. Others think it is enough to pray properly from now on.

The Sheikh first cites that verse — salah is prescribed for the believers at fixed times (Surah An-Nisa, verse 103). Even when the time has passed, the responsibility remains.

Then he explains it in a completely practical way — how to calculate, how to pray.

The Sheikh's Answer

The prayers missed after reaching puberty must be performed — the Prophet ﷺ said that Allah's debt is more deserving of being paid.

The Sheikh's method: calculate how many years were missed, convert the years into days, take a notebook — write "Qada of the first day", then Fajr two, Dhuhr four, and continue on in this way.

Only the obligatory prayers, not the sunnah ones. And pray by keeping to the essential pillars only — recite Al-Fatihah without adding a surah, say the tasbih once in ruku and sujud, and say "Rabbighfir li" once between the two sujuds.

The Evidence — Pray It as Soon as You Remember

مَنْ نَسِيَ صَلَاةً أَوْ نَامَ عَنْهَا فَكَفَّارَتُهَا أَنْ يُصَلِّيَهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا

Whoever forgets a prayer or misses it because of sleeping, its expiation is to perform it whenever he remembers. (Sahih Muslim 684)Copy

The Sheikh reminds us — on the Day of Judgment, these prayers will be asked about. So start paying them back little by little from today.

What to Do

1. Calculate how many years were missed and convert them into days; open a notebook.
2. Alongside your regular daily prayers, add some qada prayers, and keep crossing them off in the notebook.
3. Pray only the obligatory prayers — the sunnah ones need not be counted here.
4. Pray briefly, keeping to the essential pillars; keep the task easy so that you do not stop.

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Source: Based on the talk of Sheikh Waheed Abdussalam Bali

Translation and compilation: Raqi Faisal Ahmed Sabit — Al Qur'an Ruqyah Healing Center