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Fatwa CenterHe slept before noon and woke up at ten o’clock on a day in Ramadan
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Yesterday, I slept before noon and woke up at ten o’clock in the evening and I neither broke my fast nor performed the obligatory prayers. What should I do? Please advise, may Allaah reward you.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.
Waking up at ten o’clock means that you woke up at the time of the ‘Ishaa’ Prayer, and you should have performed it preceded by the other missed prayers according to their order. In other words, you should have performed the Thuhr, then the ‘Asr, then the Maghrib and then the ‘Ishaa’. You are not held blameworthy for missing these prayers because you are excused due to your sleep. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “There is no negligence in sleep, rather negligence is the fault of the one who does not pray until the time for the next prayer comes.” [Muslim]
Scholars have unanimously agreed that the sleeping or forgetful person should perform the missed prayer(s) as soon as he remembers or wakes up, as the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: "Whoever sleeps and misses a prayer or forgets to perform it, its expiation is to pray it as soon as he remembers it." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
As for missing the Iftaar, this is a simple matter and you should have simply eaten or drunk. We hope that you will not miss the reward for the Sunnah of breaking the fast as soon as possible if you have been keen on doing it previously.
Allaah Knows best.
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