Fatwa No : 2747
Method of Performing Missed Prayers

Method of Performing Missed Prayers

I have questions about qaza namaz ( qaza namaz e umri) for more than a year.
1. is this compulsory to offer fix number of pryaers per day. E.g; do I need to offer 10-qaza namaz per day or I may offer according to my choice and feasibility? (Like 3 qaza namaz in one day and 2 qaza namaz on another day as per I find time and easy for me).
2. Is this correct if I offer my qaza namaz per year wise e.g; I offer all fajar qaza namaz of year 1991 first and then offer all zuhar qaza namaz of 1991 and likewise all namaz (asar, magharb and eesha)? After completing all qaza namaz of year 1991 then I start offering qaza namz of year 1992 in the same sequence.Like faja qaza namaz of year 1992 first then zuhar of 1992 and so on.
3. It was mentioned in a Barelvi site that Namaz performed with Makrooh e Thahreemi should be repeated and the book Rad ul Mukhthar was quoted for reference but I read in a book written by a Deobandi scholar that the Namaz becomes valid with Makrooh e Thahreemi but the performer becomes a sinner and this book was written by Ikram ul Haq Sahib. Please be kind enough to send the correct answer.
may ALLAH always smile upon you. amin

الجوابُ حامِدا ًو مُصلیِّا ً

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
(1-2) Both of the methods for performing the missed prayers (Qaza Namaz) as mentioned by the questioner are permissible. However, the easiest way to completely perform all of one's missed prayers is to firstly estimate the amount of prayers one has missed (if the exact amount is not known), and then perform any convenient number of missed prayers of a particular Namaz in its respective timing before or after the performance of the obligatory prayer. When doing this, one must also taking in to consideration the Makrooh times for prayer. Moreover, the method of making intention for a missed prayer is, for example: when performing a missed Fajr prayer, intention should be made in the following manner: "I intend to perform the first Fajr prayer which is due in my responsibility"
(3) The Jurists unanimously agree that if a prohibitively disliked (Makrooh Tahreemi) act was done during the prayer, then the prayer should be repeated within its respective time. However, they differ on whether the prayer should still be repeated if it was not repeated in its respective time.Nonetheless, the most accepted view is that even in that case, the prayer should still be repeated.
And Allah knows best.