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Make-up Prayer or Voluntary Prayer?

Q: Can I pray voluntary prayers if I have many missed prayers to make up.

A: When you have missed obligatory prayers to make up, purely voluntary/nafl mutlaq prayers are not allowed and do not count. Other prayers such as the Eid prayer and the highly recommended specific prayers such as the ratibah prayers and witr are permitted.


Source: Kashshaf Al-Qina’ & Sharh Al-Muntaha

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2 Comments

Muhammad Tamour
Nov 12, 2023

so if someone who Didn’t pray for let’s say 3 years, he should first make up for the prayers that he has missed and while he is making it up he is not allowed to pray any nafl prayer but should only make up the missed prayers?

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Haisem
Jan 30, 2022

How about taraweeh and tahajjud?

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