A man who forgets all the prayers

Ibrahim said, regarding a man who forgets to offer the prayers: He should offer the earlier prayers first.

Al-Hasan said: If someone forgets to offer the prayers, he should offer the prayer that came first, first. However, if he fears that a prayer will become missed (its time running out), he should offer that one first.

Abu Rashid said: I slept through the Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha prayers. Then I came to Ubayd bin Umayr and mentioned this to him, and he said: "First pray Zuhr, then Asr, then Maghrib, then Isha."

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said, concerning a man who forgot to pray a prayer and remembered it at sunset, and he had not yet prayed the prayer of that time either: "If he fears that, if he occupies himself with the forgotten prayer, the prayer of this time will pass, then let him first perform that one."

Ata said: "He makes up first the prayer that came first."

Hammad bin Farwah said: Once I relieved myself and forgot to perform ablution. Then I prayed Zuhr, Asr and Maghrib. Then I remembered that I had prayed them without ablution. When morning came, I asked Ata and Mujahid about this, and (Ja'far, the narrator, said: I think he also said) Sa'id bin Jubayr, and all of them said: "Perform ablution and repeat your prayers now, and pray first the one that came first."

A freed slave of Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) entered a garden, walked around in it and began to look at it. In this preoccupation he forgot the Asr prayer, until, when the sun began to decline toward setting, he remembered the prayer. He performed ablution and sat down. When the sun had set, he first prayed Asr and then Maghrib.

A man named Sa'd said: Once in the month of Ramadan I prayed with the people. Then I came to my family and slept through the night, then I kept sleeping through the next day, and then through the following night as well. Then I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), told him the whole matter and asked him about the ruling. He said: "Then what did you do?" I said: "I prayed Zuhr." He said: "You did well. Then what did you do?" I said: "I prayed Asr." He said: "You did well. Then what did you do?" I said: "I prayed Maghrib." He said: "You did well. Then what did you do?" I said: "I prayed Isha." He said: "You did well. Then what did you do?" I said: "Then I prayed the witr." He said: "You should not have prayed the witr. Then what did you do?" I said: "Then I prayed the morning prayer." He said: "You did well."