Is It Permissible to Pray ’Asr Prayer before Qada Prayer(s)?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Qada prayers are not permitted 30 minutes before Maghrib, and I have asked you before: what happens if I have to pray qada prayer(s) but Asr time is still on, and I have prayed the ‘Asr prayer of that day?
You said to pray the Asr prayer first and then pray make-up payer (Qada) later, so I prayed ‘Asr, then I looked it up, and a Hanafi scholar said to do the reverse (Qada first, then ‘Asr). Are any of my prayers invalid? What should I do?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are well.
It is better to perform the make up (qada) prayer(s) before the ‘Asr prayer, and you can also pray after the ‘Asr prayer until the sun loses its glow and starts dimming – that is when one cannot look at the sun directly. Once the sun loses its glow, disliked time sets in – around 15-30 mins before Maghrib, depending on your location, time of the year, and other factors – one cannot perform any make up (qada) prayers at that time. [’Ala’uddin ‘Ibn ’Abidin, al-Hadiyyah al-’Ala’iyyah]
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
