Making Up Missed Prayers, in What Order?

*Salaamun 'alaykum wa rahmat-ul-lahi wa barakātuh* 

```Making Up Missed Prayers, in What Order?```

*Question: Suppose I miss out 2 prayers. Now in which sequence should I complete my prayers.*

_In the name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) ._

*Summary of answer*

*It is obligatory to make up missed prayers in the proper order, according to the majority of scholars. Whoever misses Dhuhr and `Asr, for example, should pray Dhuhr first, then `Asr. However, if a person owes two prayers, Dhuhr and `Asr for example, and starts with `Asr by mistake or because he is unaware that the missed prayers should be offered in order, his prayer is valid.*

*Should you offer the current prayer or the prayer you missed?*

Similarly if he enters the mosque, *should he offer the current prayer with the congregation or make up what he has missed first?*

 🎙️Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), according to one report which was also favoured by Shaykh Al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), was of the view that he does not have to offer the prayers in sequence if he fears that he will miss out on praying with the congregation. 

But in this case he should join the congregation with the intention of offering the missed prayer. So if a person has missed Dhuhr and he comes to the mosque and they are praying `Asr, he can pray with the congregation with the intention of praying Dhuhr, and it does not matter if his intention is different from that of the Imam . Then he can pray `Asr after that. (See Ash-Sharh Al-Mumti`, 2/138-144) 

And Allah knows best.

*May Allaah accept our ibaadat and forgive our shortcomings.*

_❞Keep Reminding, for Indeed the ʀᴇᴍɪɴᴅᴇʀ ʙᴇɴᴇꜰɪᴛs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇʀ ❝_

*Allaahu l-Musta'aan*