Qadhaa Salaah Diary HELPING YOU COMPLETE YOUR QADHA SALAAH For Free Distribution This booklet can be translated, re-printed and distributed by any Masjid/Madrasah/Organisation 1
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INTRODUCTION All praises are due to Allah alone, and peace and blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). BENEFITS OF SALAAH Hafiz Ibn Qayyum (RA) writes: Salaah (Namaz) ensures daily bread, promotes health, drives out diseases, strengthens the heart, brings light and beauty on the face, pleases the soul, refreshes the body, cures indolence, relieves the mind, feeds the soul, illumines the heart and guarantees Allah's fear; it grants protection from Allah's doom, it keeps the devil away and brings us near to Allah Ta ala. In short, Salaah is a guarantee for all that is described, and a protection against all that is undesirable for both body and soul, equally in this world and the hereafter (Fazaail-e-Namaaz). 3
Hadhrat ibn Umar (RA) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, The Salaah performed with Jamaat is 27 times more superior than Salaah performed individually. [Bukhari] Concerning the reward of the missed Salaah with Jamaat, you should make Tawbah (repent). Allah will reward you, and you should make sincere intention to perform all your Salaah in congregation. `Uthman bin `Affan reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) saying: One who performs Isha prayer in congregation, it is as if he has performed Salaah for half of the night. And one who performs the Fajr prayer in congregation; it is as if he has performed Salaah the whole night. [Muslim] 4
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) was asked regarding a person who misses a Salaah due to sleep or negligence. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) mentioned that its compensation is that he should perform the Salaah when he remembers. (Nasaai) These Ahadeeth, as well as many others, are clear that any Salaah that has been missed must be performed when one remembers. Many verses of the Quran, as well as numerous Ahadeeth, stress the importance of performing Salaah at its correct and prescribed time. One who misses a Salaah commits a grievous sin and Qadha therefore becomes compulsory on him. There is a consensus 5
among the jurists that Qadha must be made for missed Salaahs. Many Ahadeeth warn us of the consequences of the sin of missing Salaah: the sinner will burn for years in the fire of Jahannam (Allah forbid). QADHA-UL-UMRI DIARY As we are heading closer and closer towards the Day of Judgment, day by day the Ummah are indulging in vice and corruption, which has resulted in a great deficiency in the practice of the fundamentals of Islam. One of the greatest and most important fundamentals of Islam is Salaah. Concerning this, we have come up with a scheme to help the Ummah revive this great act once again. For this reason, we would like to introduce this pocket size Qadha Diary. We have focused on Qadha 6
Salaah, due to the fact that so many people from the Ummah of the beloved Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) are missing Salaah after Salaah without any concern. CALCULATING YOUR MISSED SALAAH (COMPILED BY STUDENTS OF DARUL ULOOM BURY) Firstly, you will need to calculate approximately how many Salaah you have missed from the age of puberty. The big figures that you may work out should not break your courage. Rather, Shaytaan is going to work on your mind harder now, to take you away from this great step that you would be taking towards getting closer to Allah Ta ala and completing your obligatory duty. Step 1: Any Fardh or Waajib Salaah that may have been missed after attaining 7
puberty (bulughat) needs to be prayed (Bada-ius sana-i, page 287, vol 1). It is noteworthy that one may become baaligh either by having a wet dream or by reaching the age of pubescence, which is 14 years and 7 months (this is 15 Islamic years). If someone is uncertain about when he/she became baaligh naturally (meaning by a wet dream), then try to remember any clues that might give an idea. For example: you remember you just began high school, then that will indicate that you must have been about 11 years old when you became baaligh. There is no Qadha for the Sunnats and Nafls missed. Step 2: Calculate how long it has been since you were baaligh, so you can determine how many days, months or years of Qadha Salaah you need to perform. For example, if your age is 17 8
and 3 months, and you were baaligh at the age of 13 and 5 months, then you know that you need to perform 3 years and 10 months of Qadha Salaah. Step 3: This is when you calculate exactly how many Salaah you might have missed. Try to remember in an average week, how many Salaah you used to miss. That might tell you roughly how many you missed in a year. For example, if you missed 5 Zuhrs a week, times by 52 (52 weeks in a year) = 260 Zuhrs per year. Now, after you work out the average number of Qadha per year, then deduct or add any change of pattern in the year, to make your number more accurate. For example, in Ramadhan you have prayed most of your Salaah (so work it out and deduct it) and you might have 4 holidays in a year, and you might have not prayed any Salaah in them at all 9
(add them on). A Muslim sister should deduct her days of Haidh because she does not need to pray in those days. Step 4: Catching up One easy method of discharging the outstanding Qadha is to pray one Qadha before or after each Salaah, or five Salaah in one go, on a daily basis. For example, before the Fajr Salaah perform two rakaats of Fajr Qadha. Similarly, before or after Zuhr perform the four rakaats of Zuhr Qadha and likewise Asr, Maghrib and Isha including Witr. This way, a day s Qadha will be performed in a day. If one has missed three years of Salaah, then it will take three years to complete the Qadha and so forth. If someone dies in the meantime he would surely have hope in Allah s mercy; at least he was in the process of fulfilling the outstanding Qadha, unlike those who 10
have no inclination to perform the Qadha and still vainly hope for Allah s mercy. To save more time in completing your Qadha, during the 3 rd and 4 th Rakaah of Qadha Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib & Isha, instead of reciting Surah Fatihah as usual, one can read Subhaanallah three times then proceed into Ruku. However, in the Witr Salaah, one must read Surah Fatihah and another Surah in all three rakaats. In Tashahhud (At-tahiyyat), instead of reading Durood-e-Ibraheem, one may read any short Durood Shareef. Qadha Salaah can be performed at anytime except at the three Makrooh times which are: 1) Sunrise (when the sun is rising) 2) Zenith (Zawaal time) 11
3) Sunset (when the sun is setting) When making Qadha, one must intend, From all my Qadha Zuhrs, this is the last (or first) Qadha. If you are in a habit of offering Nafl Salaah, it is very important that more emphasis is put on Qadha than Nafl. So if you find yourself reading a lot of Salaah and think it s getting too much then leave your Nafl Salaah and concentrate on your Qadha. The Qadha is obligatory! This booklet will inshaallah help you maintain your Qadha Salaah and keep you punctual until you become Saahibut- Tarteeb. 12
WHO IS A SAAHIBUT-TARTEEB? If one has less than 6 Salaah, i.e. 5 or less, in one's responsibility which have to be made Qadha of, such a person is called Saahibut-Tarteeb. If you are still not certain how many Salaahs you have missed, contact your local Ulama who will help you calculate your missed prayers. Lastly, make lots of Du aa to Allah Ta ala to make it easy for you, for He is the solution to all our matters. Also it is very important that you make Tawbah (repentance) for making your Salaah Qadha. Just doing your Qadha is not sufficient for forgiveness. Tawbah (repentance) is also essential. Only Allah Knows Best Mawlana Huzayfah Bhayat, Mawlana Huzaifa Batan Mawlana Uwais Umerji, Mawlana Naeem Manman 13
JANUARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14
JANUARY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 15
FEBRUARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
FEBRUARY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 17
MARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18
MARCH 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 19
APRIL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20
APRIL 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 21
MAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 22
MAY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 23
JUNE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 24
JUNE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25
JULY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 26
JULY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27
AUGUST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 28
AUGUST 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29
SEPTEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 30
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OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 32
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NOVEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 34
NOVEMBER 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 35
DECEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 36
DECEMBER 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 37
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Bathe, Five Times A Day Narrated Abu Huraira (RA): I heard Allah s Apostle saying, If there was a river at the door of any one of you and he took a bath in it five times a day, would you notice any dirt on him? They said, Not a trace of dirt would be left. The Prophet added, That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots out (annuls) evil deeds. (Bukhari) 40