How to do qadhaa of maghrib and witr

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Question

I am in doubt about some of prayers ( years ago ) that may be my wudu was not in itact due to urine drops,

as i was teen ager that time, i did not know about istabraa etc and i am now in doubt that in some of prayers may be

my wudu would have been nullified, as may be some urine drops may be spilled, but i am not sure about it.

So i want to do QAZAA prayers for about 365 days.

So i want to ask that as i am doing these Qaza prayers in precaution,

and there is a possibility that i dont have any QAZA prayers on my behalf,

I heard about SALAT e MOHOMA ( Uncertainity Prayers ).

that if i had not QAZA prayers on my behalf , then they would be regarded as NAFAL prayers.

So now how can i offer Maghrib and Witr prayers as they are of 3 rakaats and if i offer them as QAZA prayers as precaution and in case i had no QAZA prayer on behalf ,and they become as Nfal , then the 3rd rakaat would nullify as there is no 3 rakaat nafal.

So how can i offer them ?

Sit in Qaida in 3rd raakat of witr and maghriband then stand for 4th rakkat and in the enddo sajda saho ?

Please advice me.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Bother in Islam,

Your concern of the validity of your salawaat is commendable. May Allah Ta’aalaa reward you for it and increase your love for salaat. Ameen.

You state that you wish to repeat a year’s worth of prayers due to a possibility that your wudhu might have been nullified because you were not in the habit of performing istibraa’ at that time despite having performed the prayers with a confirmed wudhu. This is not a valid reason to make qadhaa’ of these salawaat[1] and is a result of the wasaawis (whisperings) of Shaytaan. You should ignore such thoughts. As such, there is no need to answer the issue of nafl salaat raka’aats. We advise you to increase in your nafl prayers and make abundant dua to Allah to accept all of your prayers, past, present and future.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad Haris Siddiqui

Student Darul Iftaa
Melbourne, Australia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] الْقَاعِدَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ: الْيَقِينُ لَا يَزُولُ بِالشَّكِّ

وَدَلِيلُهَا مَا رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَرْفُوعًا {إذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي بَطْنِهِ شَيْئًا فَأَشْكَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ أَمْ لَا فَلَا يَخْرُجَنَّ مِنْ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ صَوْتًا، أَوْ يَجِدَ رِيحًا} "، وَفِي فَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ مِنْ بَابِ الْأَنْجَاسِ مَا يُوَضِّحُهَا فَنَسُوقُ عِبَارَتَهُ بِتَمَامِهَا.

قَوْلُهُ تَطْهِيرُ النَّجَاسَةِ وَاجِبٌ بِقَدْرِ الْإِمْكَانِ وَأَمَّا إذَا لَمْ يُتَمَكَّنْ مِنْ الْإِزَالَةِ لِخَفَاءِ خُصُوصِ الْمَحَلِّ الْمُصَابِ مَعَ الْعِلْمِ بِتَنْجِيسِ الثَّوْبِ قِيلَ: الْوَاجِبُ غَسْلُ طَرَفٍ مِنْهُ فَإِنْ غَسَلَهُ بِتَحَرٍّ، أَوْ بِلَا تَحَرٍّ طَهُرَ

وَذِكْرُ الْوَجْهِ يُبَيِّنُ أَنْ لَا أَثَرَ لِلتَّحَرِّي، وَهُوَ

أَنْ يَغْسِلَ بَعْضَهُ مَعَ أَنَّ الْأَصْلَ طَهَارَةُ الثَّوْبِ وَقَعَ الشَّكُّ فِي قِيَامِ النَّجَاسَةِ، لِاحْتِمَالِ كَوْنِ الْمَغْسُولِ مَحَلَّهَا فَلَا يَقْضِي بِالنَّجَاسَةِ بِالشَّكِّ كَذَا، أَوْرَدَهُ الْإِسْبِيجَابِيُّ فِي شَرْحِ الْجَامِعِ الْكَبِيرِ قَالَ: وَسَمِعْت الْإِمَامَ تَاجَ الدِّينِ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ يَقُولُهُ وَيَقِيسُهُ عَلَى مَسْأَلَةٍ فِي السِّيَرِ الْكَبِيرِ هِيَ: إذَا فَتَحْنَا حِصْنًا وَفِيهِمْ ذِمِّيٌّ لَا يُعْرَفُ لَا يَجُوزُ قَتْلُهُمْ لِقِيَامِ الْمَانِعِ بِيَقِينٍ فَلَوْ قُتِلَ الْبَعْضُ، أَوْ أُخْرِجَ حَلَّ قَتْلُ الْبَاقِي لِلشَّكِّ فِي قِيَامِ الْمُحَرَّمِ، كَذَا هُنَا، وَفِي الْخُلَاصَةِ بَعْدَ مَا ذَكَرَهُ مُجَرَّدًا عَنْ التَّعْلِيلِ، فَلَوْ صَلَّى مَعَهُ صَلَاةً، ثُمَّ ظَهَرَتْ النَّجَاسَةُ فِي طَرَفٍ آخَرَ تَجِبُ إعَادَةُ مَا صَلَّى (انْتَهَى)

وَفِي الظَّهِيرِيَّةِ: ثَوْبٌ فِيهِ نَجَاسَةٌ لَا يَدْرِي مَكَانَهَا يَغْسِلُ الثَّوْبَ كُلَّهُ

وَهُوَ الِاحْتِيَاطُ، وَذَلِكَ التَّعْلِيلُ مُشْكِلٌ عِنْدِي، فَإِنَّ غَسْلَ طَرَفٍ يُوجِبُ الشَّكَّ فِي طُهْرِ الثَّوْبِ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ بِنَجَاسَةٍ قَبْلُ

وَحَاصِلُهُ أَنَّهُ شَكٌّ فِي الْإِزَالَةِ بَعْدَ تَيَقُّنِ قِيَامِ النَّجَاسَةِ، وَالشَّكُّ لَا يَرْفَعُ الْمُتَيَقَّنَ قَبْلَهُ، وَالْحَقُّ أَنَّ ثُبُوتَ الشَّكِّ فِي كَوْنِ الطَّرَفِ الْمَغْسُولِ وَالرَّجُلِ الْمُخْرَجِ هُوَ مَكَانَ النَّجَاسَةِ، وَالْمَعْصُومَ الدَّمِ يُوجِبُ أَلْبَتَّةَ الشَّكَّ فِي طُهْرِ الْبَاقِي وَإِبَاحَةِ دَمِ الْبَاقِينَ

وَمَنْ ضَرُورَةِ صَيْرُورَتِهِ مَشْكُوكًا فِيهِ ارْتِفَاعُ الْيَقِينِ عَنْ تَنَجُّسِهِ وَمَعْصُومِيَّتُهُ.

وَإِذَا صَارَ مَشْكُوكًا فِي نَجَاسَتِهِ جَازَتْ الصَّلَاةُ مَعَهُ إلَّا أَنَّ هَذَا إنْ صَحَّ لَمْ يَبْقَ لِكَلِمَتِهِمْ الْمَجْمَعِ عَلَيْهَا أَعْنِي قَوْلَهُمْ: الْيَقِينُ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ بِالشَّكِّ مَعْنًى

فَإِنَّهُ حِينَئِذٍ

لَا يُتَصَوَّرُ أَنْ يَثْبُتَ شَكٌّ فِي مَحَلِّ ثُبُوتِ الْيَقِينِ لِيُتَصَوَّرَ ثُبُوتُ شَكٍّ فِيهِ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الْيَقِينُ.

فَمِنْ هَذَا حَقَّقَ بَعْضُ الْمُحَقِّقِينَ أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ بِهِ حُكْمُ

الْيَقِينِ، وَعَلَى هَذَا التَّقْدِيرِ يَخْلُصُ الْإِشْكَالُ فِي الْحُكْمِ لَا الدَّلِيلِ فَنَقُولُ: وَإِنْ ثَبَتَ الشَّكُّ فِي طَهَارَةِ الْبَاقِي وَنَجَاسَتِهِ لَكِنْ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ حُكْمُ ذَلِكَ الْيَقِينِ السَّابِقِ بِنَجَاسَتِهِ، وَهُوَ عَدَمُ جَوَازِ الصَّلَاةِ، فَلَا تَصِحُّ بَعْدَ غَسْلِ الطَّرَفِ؛ لِأَنَّ الشَّكَّ الطَّارِئَ لَا يَرْفَعُ حُكْمَ الْيَقِينِ السَّابِقِ، عَلَى مَا حُقِّقَ مِنْ أَنَّهُ هُوَ الْمُرَادُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ: الْيَقِينُ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ بِالشَّكِّ فَغَسْلُ الْبَاقِي، وَالْحُكْمُ بِطَهَارَةِ الْبَاقِي مُشْكِلٌ، وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. انْتَهَى كَلَامُ فَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ.

(الْأَشْبَاهُ وَالنَّظَائِرُ عَلَى مَذْهَبِ أَبِيْ حَنِيْفَةَ النُّعْمَانِ ص.٧٥ – المكتبة العصرية)

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