Chapter 75 – Making up the Night Prayer

كُلُّ مَا فَاتَكَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَاقْضِهِ بِالنَّهَارِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى- وَ هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ خِلْفَةً لِمَنْ أَرادَ أَنْ يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرادَ شُكُوراً[1] يَعْنِي أَنْ يَقْضِيَ الرَّجُلُ مَا فَاتَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ مَا فَاتَهُ بِالنَّهَارِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ اقْضِ مَا فَاتَكَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ أَيَّ وَقْتٍ شِئْتَ مِنْ لَيْلٍ أَوْ نَهَارٍ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ وَقْتُ

Hadith.1425 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whatever you miss during the night, make it up during the day, as Allah (swt) the Exalted said: 'And it is He who made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.'”.

قَضَاءُ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ بَعْدَ الْغَدَاةِ وَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ مِنْ سِرِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَخْزُونِ[1]. وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ نَهْيٌ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا لِأَنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ وَ تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ[2] إِلَّا أَنَّهُ رَوَى لِي جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ مَشَايِخِنَا

Hadith.1426 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) 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."

النَّاسُ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ وَ تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ فَمَا أُرْغِمَ أَنْفُ الشَّيْطَانِ بِشَيْ‌ءٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فَصَلِّهَا وَ أَرْغِمْ أَنْفَ الشَّيْطَانِ‌[1].

Hadith.1427 - 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 (swt) 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 betwee

إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَيُبَاهِي مَلَائِكَتَهُ بِالْعَبْدِ يَقْضِي صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ بِالنَّهَارِ فَيَقُولُ يَا مَلَائِكَتِي انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي يَقْضِي مَا لَمْ أَفْتَرِضْهُ عَلَيْهِ أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ

Hadith.1428 - The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: "Indeed, Allah (swt), 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

أَفْضَلُ قَضَاءِ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ فِي السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي فَاتَتْكَ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَ لَيْسَ بَأْسٌ أَنْ تَقْضِيَهَا بِالنَّهَارِ[2] وَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ.

Hadith.1429 - Burayd ibn Mu'awiyah al-'Ijli narrated from Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) 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 (befo

كُنْتُ مَرِضْتُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ لَمْ أُصَلِّ نَافِلَةً فِيهَا فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنِّي مَرِضْتُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ لَمْ أُصَلِّ نَافِلَةً فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ قَضَاءٌ إِنَّ الْمَرِيضَ لَيْسَ كَالصَّحِيحِ كُلُّ مَا غَلَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَاللَّهُ أَوْلَى بِالْعُذْرِ فِيهِ‌[1].

Hadith.1430 - 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 (as) Imam (as) said: 'There is no obligation on you to make them up; indeed, the condition of t

قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مَرِضَ فَتَرَكَ النَّافِلَةَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَيْسَتْ بِفَرِيضَةٍ إِنْ قَضَاهَا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ يَفْعَلُهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ.

Hadith.1431 - Muhammad ibn Muslim narrates that Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "I asked him about a man who became ill and thus did not perform the supererogatory (nafilah) prayers. Imam (as) said: 'O’ Muhammad, they are not obligatory. If he makes them up, it is a good deed he performs, and if he does not,

اقْضِهِ وَتْراً أَبَداً كَمَا فَاتَكَ.

Hadith.1432 - Sulaiman ibn Khalid asked Imam (as) about making up the Witr prayer after midday. Imam (as) said: "Make it up as a single (Witr) always, just as it was missed."

لَهُ‌ أُصْبِحُ عَنِ الْوَتْرِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ‌[2] فَكَيْفَ أَقْضِي فَقَالَ مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ‌[3].

Hadith.1433 - Hammad ibn Uthman asked Imam (as) and said: "I wake up after missing the Witr until the night. How do I make it up?" Imam (as) said: "Like for like."

كَانَ أَبِي ع رُبَّمَا قَضَى عِشْرِينَ وَتْراً فِي لَيْلَةٍ.

Hadith.1434 - Hariz narrated that Imam (as) said, "My father (Imam (as)) would sometimes make up twenty Witr prayers in a single night."

يَقْضِيهِ وَتْراً أَبَداً.

Hadith.1435 - Abdullah ibn al-Mughirah asked Abu Ibrahim Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) about a man who misses the Witr prayer. Imam (as) said: "He should make it up as a single Witr always."