You Must Make up Every Single Prayer You Have Ever Missed - ALL Four Schools Ijmaa'

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Imam Nawawi stated in his al-Majmu` Sharh al-Muhadhdhab (3.86):
“There is consensus (ijma`) of the scholars whose opinion counts that whoever leaves a prayer intentionally must make it up. Abu Muhammad Ali Ibn Hazm differed with them on this, saying that such an individual cannot ever make them up and it is not at all valid to make them up. Rather, he said, one must do much good works and voluntary prayer in order that one’s scales be heavied on the day of judgement and one must seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent. This position of his, along with being in opposition to scholarly consensus (ijma`), is invalid in terms of the proof…
Among the proofs for the obligation to makeup is… that if makeup prayers are obligatory for the one who left the prayer forgetfully, then doing so for the one who left the prayer deliberately is more obviously incumbent.”
Imam Nawawi is referring here to the hadith related by Anas that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,
“Whoever forgets a prayer must perform it when they remember it…” [Bukhari (597), and Muslim (684)]



This Ijma is also narrated by Imam Ibn Qudamah of the Hanbalis in his Mughni (2/332), The Hanafis in Sharh al-'Inayah ala' al-Hidayah (1/485).



There are some differences among the four schools regarding some of the details. For example, in the Shafí' school, basically, nothing is allowed except Qada' prayers-although fatwa is not given according to this. In the Maliki school, it is not allowed to pray any sunnahs besides the two before Fajr, the witr, and those of special need (Istikharah, tawbah etc) before one has made up all of their missed prayers.



The famous opinion going against this Ijma' was narrated from Ibn Taymiyah and his student ibn al-Qayyim. Here is a brief outline of their position vis-a-vis the Hanbali school:

Sidi Faraz I'm certain Shaykh XYZ stated the Hanbali position is to make sincere tawba and don't worry about qada prayers...


Answered by Ustadh Musa Furber:








I do not find Sheikh XYZ listed in any books of students of Imam Ahmad (Allah be pleased with him and them), their students, and so on, up until this very day. So shall we give Sheikh XYZ’s word concerning the Hanbali madhhab precedence over what the madhhab's mujtahids have said, such as Imam Ahmad himself, Ibn Al-Jawzi, Ibn Qudamah, Al-Mardawi, Al-Hajjawi, Mar`i bin Yusuf, Al-Buhuti, Al-Ba`li, Al-Safarini, and virtually every single Hanbali scholar other than Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (Allah have mercy upon them all)?

Shall we just take this quote without context at face value and declare it the official position of the Hanbali madhhab, or shall we see what the reference books and living scholars of the madhhab have to say?

If someone wants to know the position in the Hanbali madhhab used for fatawa they go to: Kashshaf Al-Qina`, Al-Raud Al-Murbi`, Sharh Al-Muntaha (all by Al-Buhuti), Dalil Al-Talib (Mar`i bin Yusuf), or Nail Al-Ma'arib (Al-Taghlabi). If they want to list opinions in the madhhab then they go to: Al-Mughni (Ibn Qudamah), Al-Furu` (Ibn Muflih), or Al-Insaf (Al-Mardawi). Otherwise they must remain silent, regardless of how famous and knowledgeable they may be in a different madhhab.
We all need to remember the two basic principles that we were supposed to get drilled into our heads that first hear we sat in lessons with our mashayakh:
1. When quoting: use what is authentic
2. When making a claim: provide evidence

I have stated what is to be found in the books of the Hanbalis and I have stated what one of two Hanbali muftis here in Damascus has said. So, shall we take Hanbali fiqh from its references works and living scholars, or shall we take it from someone whose expertise lies elsewhere? I don't know about you, but when I need I tooth pulled I go to a dentist, even though I have a plumber next door.

This position that these people are having so much trouble over is well known to be one of the personal preferences of Ibn Taymiyyah (Allah have mercy upon him). You won't even find it mentioned in most basic reference books of Hanbali fiqh.

If today's great scholars cannot show respect for the expertise of others, how do they expect their students to ever learn it?

Wa la hauwla wa la quwwata illa billah.

wa al-salamu `alaykum
--musa



Missed Prayers & Ibn Taymiyyah
Answered by Musa Furber I'd like to know what the hanbali position is on missed prayers. I know that the hanafis, shafi'is and malikis say one has to make up all missed prayers. I HEARD that the hanbalis say one doesn't have to as long as tawba was done. Is that true? In either case, can you please offer daleel as to the how or why the madhab came to it's position?

Do hanbalis take rulings from Ibn Taymiyyah? What about Ibn Qayyim? Was Ibn Qayyim as controversial as his teacher, Ibn Taymiyyah? Why do "salafies" use Ibn Qayyim as an example for not following a madhab when he was hanbali?



wa `alaykum al-salam

In sha Allah I will give a few quick notes here, and within a few days will write something longer concerning the issue of making up missed prayers. It is an issue that keeps coming up, so it is only fair that someone does a proper job at it.

The official position of great scholars such as Al-Khirqi, Ibn Al-Jawzi, Ibn Qudamah, `Ali Al-Mardawi, Al-Hijjawi, Al-Buhuti, Mar`i bin Yusuf, Al-Ba`li, and others (Allah have mercy upon them all) is that missed prayers must be made up, and that they must be made up in order unless it has been forgotten or the present prayer's time becomes constricted.

Ibn Taymiyyah and a few early scholars (Allah have mercy upon them all) were of the opinion that missed prayers do not need to be made up, since the person has become an apostate by intentionally missing the prayer and just as a kafir is not required to make up prayers when he enters Islam, neither is an apostate. I have yet to see something convincing that shows that this was ever used as the official position in the madhhab at any time, rather it seems to be a personal opinion that some scholars held.

We can see that the vast majority of Hanbali scholars, both pre-Ibn Taymiyyah and post-Ibn Taymiyyah, rejected this position. How, then, can someone follow it and claim to be following the Hanbali madhhab? The people after Ibn Taymiyyah who rejected it (Allah have mercy upon him and them) were not against Ibn Taymiyyah, rather they had a great deal of respect for him. But they were first and foremost Hanbalis, and so when they weighed his opinion against the principles of the school they rejected it.

That addresses something as to the reason why this opinion is seen as strange or unheard of in salafi circles.

Now, supposing that someone is convinced that the position of the four schools is correct, and they have alot of prayers to make up, what do they do?

Here are some links that offer some useful advice concerning the various facets of Qada'. Out of them, let me site the words of Ustadh Faraz Rabbani:

“Our makeup prayers are also going to be judged by Allah, and we will be rewarded or punished for them. Thus, while we should pray them at a steady, consistent, and fast pace, one should not rush one’s prayer.
Most rushing only fuels one’s delusions and desire to be ‘busy’: experience shows that people who make up the most prayers tend to be those who find sweetness and presence of heart in their prayer, and it is this that fuels their determination and enables them to actually make them up as they should.
Organize your time, make a schedule of make up prayers that you stick to, and perform both your confirmed sunna prayers, which the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) essentially never left, as well as your makeup prayers.”


Calculating how many missed prayers I have to make up


Make up prayers of a new convert


Omitting Sunnas When Making Up Missed Prayers

Observing Order in Make-Ups


Not Making Up Missed Prayers: Is it an option?


Nawawi on making up missed prayers: scholarly consensus


My Mother has 30 Years of Prayers to makeup: Can she make the expiatory payments instead?


Missed Prayers


Missed Prayers: Hanbali Dispensation?


Qada prayers


Can I skip making up missed prayers by taking a [non-existent] 'Hanbali dispensation'?


The Disliked Times for Makeup Prayers


Qadha, Displacement of Du'a Qunoot, Qunoot Nazila


My Intention In Makeup's: Do I Have to Specify?


Makeup Prayers: Adhans, Iqamas & Not Talking About Them


Too Many Make-Ups to Pray Sunnahs


How to Offer Make-Up Prayers

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