Does Salaah become Fardh from Puberty or from the Age of 10 _ How to Cover up for the Prayers

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Does Salaah Become Fardh from Puberty or from Age 10? How to Make Up Missed Prayers – Dr Zakir Naik In this important Q&A, Dr Zakir Naik explains when Salaah (prayer) becomes obligatory (fardh) in Islam—at puberty or at the age of 10? He clarifies the Islamic ruling using Hadith and Fiqh, and also discusses how to make up for missed prayers (Qada) after reaching the age of accountability.  🔹 Key Points Covered:  When does Salaah become obligatory?  The role of age and puberty in Islamic rulings  Teaching children to pray from age 7  How to cover missed prayers after puberty  Tips for staying consistent in Qada prayers  📌 A must-watch for Muslims seeking to correct past mistakes and fulfill their duties to Allah ﷻ.  #DrZakirNaik #Salaah #FardhPrayer #MissedPrayers #Qada #IslamicFiqh #IslamicPulse

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00:00When does salah become fardh for a person?

00:04Is it the age of puberty or age of 10?

00:07Number two, what should we do about missed prayers?

00:10I unfortunately missed prayers for years.

00:15Should we just repent or cover it?

00:17And if I must cover it, how many years should I cover?

00:20Because I became adult in 14 and now I am 15.

00:26Should I cover just one year or five years?

00:30First, the question posed by Iman from Afghanistan is that at what age does it become fardh for a person to offer salah?

00:45Is it the age of puberty or the age of 10?

00:48First, the name Iman is also of a girl, also of a boy.

00:53So, I don't know whether the question posed by the questioner, is it a male or is it a female?

01:00Is it a girl or is it a boy?

01:01We know that you are 15 years old, but we don't know whether you are a girl or a boy.

01:05Because Iman is a name used for a boy as well as for a girl.

01:08But in respect to what it is, the correct age at which the salah becomes fardh is at the age of puberty.

01:17And the age of puberty differs between different people, between different sex, whether it's male or female,

01:24whether you're coming from a cold country or a hot country, whether you're living in India or Afghanistan or USA, it differs.

01:31If you're a girl, the right age is at puberty when you start having menstrual cycle.

01:38A girl can start having menstrual cycle even normally it's between the age of 13, 14.

01:44Sometime it can be even 12, it can even be 10.

01:49I be a doctor, I'm aware that girls even at the age of 9, they start the menstrual cycle.

01:54So the day a girl starts having menstrual cycle is the day she reaches puberty and from that time it becomes fardh on her to offer salah.

02:02And for a boy also, so the average age may be 13, 14, sometime it can be late to the age of 15.

02:09And since you said that you read puberty at the age of 14, so from that time salah becomes fardh for you.

02:16If you're a boy but naturally from the time you start having pubic hair and the signs of puberty come.

02:20That's the time when salah becomes fardh. And for a boy also it's similar.

02:24It may be the age of 14, can be 15, can be 13. It varies between individuals.

02:30So as far as you're concerned, since you said that you read the age of puberty at the age of 14,

02:35then your salah becomes fardh from the age of 14.

02:38And you said that now you're 15. So you missed your fardh salah for one year, not five years.

02:43You're running a question that should you cover up or should you catch up or should you make up

02:49for the fardh salah that you have missed for the past one year or should you just repent?

02:54There are two opinions for this.

02:56There's one opinion which says that you should make up for it.

02:59And as many times as you offer your fajr or zohr or afr or maghrib waisha,

03:06at the same time you keep on offering an additional for the time that you have missed.

03:11This is one opinion.

03:13But the more correct opinion is that if you have missed the salah intentionally and purposefully,

03:21there is no expiation.

03:25A beloved prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said,

03:27mentioned in Hadith of Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim,

03:30that if a person forgets to offer salah, there's no explanation.

03:35And the moment he remembers, he should offer it.

03:39Another narration says that if a person sleeps and doesn't offer salah,

03:44the moment he wakes up, the moment he remembers, he should offer.

03:47There's no explanation for that.

03:48The moment he wakes up, he should offer salah.

03:50So based on these and various hadiths,

03:53the prophet was very emphatic and clear that if you forget,

03:57if you miss your salah because of forgetfulness,

03:59or because you're sleeping in a fajr salah,

04:02you oversleep, so there's no explanation for it.

04:05And the moment you remember it,

04:08you should take it immediately,

04:09you should not wait till your next salah is there.

04:13Immediately, and Allah will not hold responsible,

04:16they're missing on that.

04:17So the second opinion,

04:19which is the correct opinion of the scholars,

04:22is that if you miss it intentionally,

04:26out of laziness,

04:27or saying, okay, I'll eat after and after,

04:29then the salah time is over,

04:30or you may it is further,

04:31and you may only offer once in a day,

04:34or you may not offer at all for many years.

04:36Because according to the second opinion,

04:38which is the more correct opinion,

04:40there is no explanation for the salah

04:43that you have intentionally missed,

04:45it is a major sin.

04:47So if you intentionally miss any salah,

04:50it's a major sin.

04:52And the only remedy for this is,

04:55that you repent to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

04:57you ask for forgiveness to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

04:59and you repent,

05:01and inshallah Allah will forgive you.

05:04And to compensate for that which you have missed,

05:07there is no explanation,

05:08but the scholars say,

05:10that you can increase your nawafil salah,

05:13your sunnah salah,

05:14the sunnah mwakadah,

05:16the sunnah gyer mwakadah,

05:17you increase that,

05:18and do more good deeds.

05:20For example, give more charity,

05:21give more of duration,

05:24feeth abilillah,

05:25so do more good deeds,

05:27which will compensate for the sins you have done.

05:29But,

05:30you don't have to repeat the salah you have missed.

05:32And this is the more correct,

05:35and the authentic opinion,

05:36which was even followed,

05:40by the second taliph of Islam,

05:42that is,

05:43Umar bin Khitab,

05:45may Allah be pleased with him,

05:46including his son,

05:47Abdullah bin Umar,

05:48and various sahabas.

05:49So there are various hadith,

05:52that we affirm,

05:53that it's a sin,

05:55and,

05:56there is,

05:57no compensation,

05:59like,

05:59don't have to repeat your salah.

06:01It's a sin,

06:02you have to ask for forgiveness,

06:03and this was the view,

06:04which was also done by Ibn Hazam,

06:06may Allah be pleased with him,

06:07even by Shaykh Islam,

06:08Ibn Taymiyyah,

06:09even by Ibn Qayyim,

06:10even by Shauqani,

06:11all these scholars,

06:12even by contemporary scholars,

06:13whether it be Shaykh bin Ba'az,

06:15Shaykh Utaimim,

06:15Shaykh Nasir Dalmani,

06:16all of them say,

06:17that if you miss your salah intentionally,

06:20then,

06:21you don't have to repeat it,

06:22you have to ask for forgiveness,

06:23and do more good deeds,

06:25for the charity,

06:26more of Nawaf al-Salah,

06:27more of the Sunnah Salah,

06:29and this is,

06:31the correct opinion,

06:32even those people,

06:34who say,

06:35that you have to read,

06:36they don't say that,

06:37once you read,

06:37it is like,

06:38if you have forgotten,

06:40and if you offer your salah,

06:41immediately,

06:41you will remember,

06:42there is no sin,

06:43they don't say that,

06:44if you have missed,

06:44and if you offer salah,

06:45there is no sin,

06:46they say that,

06:47it's a major sin,

06:48but if you read,

06:49then your sin becomes less,

06:50but the more correct opinion,

06:51is what I gave earlier,

06:53that you don't have to repeat it,

06:54because imagine,

06:55suppose,

06:56you realize,

06:57at the age of 50,

06:58that I should offer salah,

07:00and the time that you,

07:01had to offer salah,

07:02was when you became,

07:04an adult,

07:04when you reach poverty,

07:05maybe at the age of 40,

07:07so now you will say,

07:08for 36 years,

07:09I did not offer salah,

07:10now if I have to read,

07:12for all the 36 years,

07:13will I live that long,

07:15so maybe you say,

07:16okay,

07:17since I did not,

07:18read salah for 36 years,

07:19I will not read,

07:20for the rest of the life,

07:22so logically also,

07:23it doesn't make sense,

07:24you have to ask for forgiveness,

07:25inshallah,

07:26Allah will forgive you,

07:27you can read,

07:28as many more,

07:30sunnah salah,

07:31sunnah makadda,

07:32sunnah gyan makadda,

07:33tahajjud salah,

07:34and the other good being,

07:35like extra fasting,

07:37and giving mutuality,

07:39so this opinion,

07:40which is more authentic opinion,

07:42so for you also,

07:44you missed your salah for one year,

07:45because,

07:46you reached the age of 14,

07:48but you don't have,

07:49to repeat the salah,

07:50which you missed for one year,

07:52just,

07:53say to it that you increase,

07:55yana waafil,

07:56your sunnah makadda,

07:57gar makadda,

07:58offer ya tahajjud,

07:59offer,

08:00in the last one third of night,

08:02fast move,

08:05give mutuality,

08:06inshallah,

08:06may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive you,

08:08and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala increase,

08:10in your blessings,

08:10hope that answers the question.

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