A man who forgets a prayer or sleeps through it

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a person forgets to pray, or sleeps without praying, then its expiation is that he prays it when he remembers it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When we were returning from al-Hudaybiyah with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we camped on a sandy stretch of land. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Who will wake us?" Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I will wake you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then we will sleep." So everyone slept and remained asleep until the sun rose. Then some people woke up, among them so-and-so and so-and-so, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was among them as well. We said: "Come, speak (aloud)." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also woke up and said: "Do as you were doing." And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is the ruling for one who sleeps through the time of prayer or forgets."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One night, in its last part, we halted with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and in the morning none of us woke up until the sun had risen. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: "Let every man take hold of his mount and move away from this place." Then he called for water, performed ablution and made two prostrations. Then the iqamah for the prayer was called and he led the prayer.

Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: On the journey in which everyone remained asleep until the sun had risen, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You were in the state of the dead, and Allah Almighty returned your souls to you. Whoever sleeps through the time of a prayer or forgets to pray it, let him pray it when he wakes up and when he remembers it."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When a man forgets to pray or sleeps (through a prayer), let him pray it when he remembers and when he wakes up."

Al-Hasan said: Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub and Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) differed about a person who forgets to pray. Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn said: "He should pray it when he remembers it." And Sayyiduna Samurah said: "He should pray it when he remembers it, and (again) in its time on the following day."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "He should pray it when he remembers it."

Sa'd said: "He should pray it when he remembers it, and on the following day, at its time, he should pray a prayer like it."

Ibrahim said: "If a person forgets to pray, or remains asleep through the time of a prayer, he should pray it whenever he remembers it, even at sunrise or sunset." Then he recited this verse: "And establish prayer for My remembrance" [Ta Ha: 14]. Then he said: "When you remember it, pray it, whatever time it may be."

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr and Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, concerning a person who forgets to pray: "He should pray it when he remembers it."

Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "Was there no one to wake you? Pray it upon remembering it."

Al-Sha'bi and Ibrahim said, in the explanation of the verse "And establish prayer for My remembrance": "It means that if you forget to pray, then pray it when you remember it."

Sakhr bin Juwayriyah said: I asked Nafi' about a person who forgets to pray Asr until the sun turns yellow; what should he do now? He said: "He should perform it; it is not like any of the other prayers."

Al-Hakam said: "He should pray it when he remembers it."

Ibrahim said, concerning a person who sleeps without praying Isha until the sun rises: "He should perform it at that time."

Al-Zuhri said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slept through the time of the Fajr prayer until the sun rose. He said to his Companions: "Leave this place in which heedlessness came over you." Then he prayed, and then recited this verse: "And establish prayer for My remembrance."