Do I Need to Repeat My Missed Fajr Prayers If I Have Not Yet Made Up My Witr Prayers?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
Question
Do I need to repeat my missed Fajr prayers if I have not yet made up my Witr prayers, or are they still valid?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
If you have missed more than 6 obligatory prayers, it is not a requirement to perform them or the necessary prayers in order of occurrence. [Maydani, al-Lubab fi Sharh al-Kitab]
If you have less than 6 obligatory prayers to make up, you must perform them and Witr in the proper sequence. In this case, it is not permissible to make up the Fajr prayers until you have first made up the Witr prayers. [Ibid.]
Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Shaykh Yusuf Weltch teaches Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom Seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences.
He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he studied for three years in Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib.
In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Quran and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.
