[It is a grave sin to omit the five daily prayers of salat, that is, not to perform them (within the times allotted to them) without any 'udhr (a good excuse for doing or not doing something). Fawt [missing or omitting them] because of illness or another 'udhr is not sinful. For this, it is necessary to make qada of them, (that is, to pay one's debts pertaining to salat), instead of the sunnats of the five daily prayers of salat except the sunnat of morning salat. That these sunnats are supererogatory prayers is explained in the books Jawhara and Futuh-ul-ghayb as well as in Nawadir-i-fiqhiyya, by Muhammad Sadiq (rahmatullahi alaih).
[1] salat: i) prayer; (with salam)= salawat; ii) ritual prayer of at least two rak'as; "namaz", in Persian; salat janaza: funeral prayer. [2] qada': i) decree of a qadi (Muslim judge); ii) performance of an 'ibada after its due time. [3] sunnat: i) (when used alone) The Shari'at; ii) (when used together with the name Book) The hadith of the Prophet. iii) (when used together with the word Fard) Any action, word or thought liked and commanded by the Prophet. |