Saturday, June 4, 2011

Fazilat (merit) of Reciting the Qaza of Namaaze Shab

If one missed the Namaaze Shab one can perform its Qaza during the day. If one has missed Namaaze Shab there is a great merit in performing its Qaza. Thus there is a tradition from Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s) in Tafseee Ali Ibne Qummi that a person said to Imam (a.s), "May I be sacrificed for you, sometimes I miss Namaaze Shab for one, two or three months and I perform it during the day, is such a thing allowed?"

Imam (a.s) said, "By Allah! this action is the cause of the vision of your eyes." And he repeated this sentence thrice.

Ishaq bin Ammar has related Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s) that he quoted his father who quoted the Holy Prophet (saw) that when a persons the Qaza of Namaaze Shab the Almighty Allah expresses His pride before the Angels and says, 'O Angels! See he is performing the Qaza of that which I have not made obligatory on him. Be witness that I have given him salvation.' - Biharul Anwaar Vol. 87 Pg. 202

If while performing the Namaaze Shab and the dawn appears, for example the dawn appeared after oerforming four rakaats one shoudl perform the rest of the prayer without recommnded rituals, However if one has not prayed four rakaats, one should complete the two rakaats, then offer two rakaats of the Nafila of the Morning Prayer, then two rakaats obligatory morning prayer and after this he should recite the Qaza of the rest of the Namaaze Shab. Or if he has not even begun reciting the Namaaze Shab and the dawn arrived one shoudl recite two rakaats of Nafila of the Morning prayer and then two rakaats of the Obligatory morning prayer. And after the Morning prayer he should recite the Qaza of Namaaze Shab.

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