11 years of missed prayers

[Journeytojannah]

Salaam everyone, 

inshaAllah you are well. 

I am 20, female.

Baiscally, I have missed around 11 years of prayers (counting from age 9).

I have prayed in between but not regularly.  Also I doubt my prayers were right/accepted. I finally learnt my salaah properly recently. 

So now I have around 11 years of missed prayers. 

What is the quickest and simplest way of catching up on these prayers?

I follow Sistani if that's any help. 

JazakAllah Khairun !!!!!!!!  

[notme]

Salam. Quickest would be to do as many as you can every day, but easiest would be to double up (pray one plus make up one each time) for 11 years. 

[apofomysback]

I'm wondering what the niyyah would be for the missed prayers? 

[Journeytojannah]

JazakAllah Khairun for the reply!

yes what would be the niyatt? Also I have read somewhere that we can shorten the prayer too?

[sunnilove2hussain]

Yeah,what would be the niyah for each prayer and need more precise details.

[Abu-Jafar Herz]

On 2/10/2016 at 12:00 AM, Journeytojannah said:

JazakAllah Khairun for the reply!

yes what would be the niyatt? Also I have read somewhere that we can shorten the prayer too?

I was taught to state the intention as a fard prayer which is qadha.

[Journeytojannah]

4 minutes ago, Abu-Jafar Herz said:

I was taught to state the intention as a fard prayer which is qadha.

JazakAllah! 

[sunnilove2hussain]

10 minutes ago, Abu-Jafar Herz said:

I was taught to state the intention as a fard prayer which is qadha.

Could you please,state it out. Like a transliteration.

[Journeytojannah]

I think it's : " 
One should intend "Of all the Fajr salats that I have to do qada of, I intend doing qada of the first Fajr salat"

http://www.myreligionislam.com/detail.asp?Aid=6358

[sunnilove2hussain]

On 2/10/2016 at 12:19 AM, Journeytojannah said:

I think it's : " 
One should intend "Of all the Fajr salats that I have to do qada of, I intend doing qada of the first Fajr salat"

http://www.myreligionislam.com/detail.asp?Aid=6358

So for every succeeding Salah,do i have to replace the "first" with "second","third" and so on....?

[Journeytojannah]

I think so, would make sense to. I'm as confused as you are! 

[sunnilove2hussain]

2 minutes ago, Journeytojannah said:

I think so, would make sense to. I'm as confused as you are! 

The website sure made it impossible to understand anything. Also,i might warn you,i guess you're a Shia and the link you gave is for Sunni type qaza Salah and I am a Sunni. Since,you're Shia,i recommend you checking the website of your marjas.

[Journeytojannah]

Yes I'm Shia, sometimes I use Sunni websites as some things are similar lol.

im sure the intention is somewhat like that, I'll need to have a good look!

[sunnilove2hussain]

4 minutes ago, Journeytojannah said:

Yes I'm Shia, sometimes I use Sunni websites as some things are similar lol.

im sure the intention is somewhat like that, I'll need to have a good look!

That's nice.

[mahdi servant.01]

On 2/10/2016 at 12:16 AM, sunnilove2hussain said:

Could you please,state it out. Like a transliteration.

it is not needed to state the Niyah when you start Salalt. Niyah or intention means that you are aware of what you are doing. For instance if some one asked you which Salat you are praying you would answer Qada Zohr or etc with no thinking to figure out if it was Zohr or Maqrib or something else.

[sadegh]

On 2/9/2016 at 10:44 PM, Journeytojannah said:

Salaam everyone, 

inshaAllah you are well. 

I am 20, female.

Baiscally, I have missed around 11 years of prayers (counting from age 9).

I have prayed in between but not regularly.  Also I doubt my prayers were right/accepted. I finally learnt my salaah properly recently. 

So now I have around 11 years of missed prayers. 

What is the quickest and simplest way of catching up on these prayers?

I follow Sistani if that's any help. 

JazakAllah Khairun !!!!!!!!  

Salaams sister,

Just some points:

1. There is no need to do the qadha quickly, though it is good if you have the time. Do not lose the sincerity in salaat for quickness!

2. Also take into consideration that qadha prayers should be performed exactly the way they have been lapsed. The only difference between them is time and niyya. So if you miss one, let's say, Asr prayer while traveling, then you should perform only 2 rak'ats as the qadha of your Asr prayer, because your prayer is qasr while traveling.

3. As @mahdi servant.01 pointed out, there is no need to state the niyya, because niyya means intention and intention is in the heart. When we intent to go to the masjid, for instance, do we state our niyya?! Niyya of salaat is all the same.

Peace

[gajarkahalva]

Here is the link on how to do the qadha prayers from the office of A. Seestani in London

http://najaf.org/?lang=english&tab=english&cat=learn&id=l_qadha

[gajarkahalva]

QADHA PRAYER MADE EASY

 

You may suffer from the difficulties of performing the Qadha prayers specially when you have a huge number of prayers, which might due to some mistakes in your previous prayers such purity “Taharat” .. etc, or for other reason. Therefore we will try to demonstrate an easy way to perform the prayer so you can perform all your prayer in very easy and short time too inshaallah. 

The method 
Usually when you learn the method of the prayer from our parents, relatives or others, we do not realize the obligatory and the recommended things in the prayer. And you think this is the ideal method of the prayer which makes it valid. Hence sometimes you feel lazy to perform your qadha and delay it to the next day and so on until you find that you have a big number of prayers that you should perform. Now we will show you the simplest method of the prayer without and recommendations “Mustahabat” 

The normal prayer with some Mustahabat is: 
1- Athan
2- Iqamah
3- Intention
4- Takbiratul Ehram 
5- Qiraat + Mustahabat + Qunut
6- Tasbeeh + Mustahabat (In the third and fourth Rak'ats)
7- Ruku + Mustahabat
8- Sujood + Mustahabat
9- Tashahhud + Mustahabat
10- Salaam + Mustahabat


While The simple prayer without Mustahabat is: 
1- Intention
2- Takbiratul Ehram “Allahu Akbar” once
3- Qiraat “sorat Al-Fatiha + short Sura such as Al-Kawthar”
4- Qunut “Subhanallah” is sufficient
5- Tasbeeh (In the third and fourth Rak'ats) “Subhanallahi wal hamdu lillahi wa la ilaha illal lahu wallahu Akbar” once is sufficient
6- Ruku “Subhana Rabbiyal Adhimi wa bi hamdih” once or “Subhanallah” three times 
7- Sujood “Subhana Rabbiyal 'A'la wa bi hamdhi” once or “Subahanallah” three times
8- Tashahhud “Ash hadu an la ilaha illal lahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu wa Rasuluh, Alla humma salli 'ala Muhammadin wa Ali Muhammad”
9- Salaam “Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh” is sufficient


Reciting Takbir before going to Sajdah and after having stood up from Ruku ..etc is recommended and not obligatory. Therefore if you perform the prayer in that way then it is sufficient 

How to perform your Qadha prayers 
You can perform your qadhaa prayer whenever and wherever you like provided the following: 

1- It is not necessary to maintain sequential order in the offering of qadha, except in the case of prayers for which order has been prescribed, like, Zuhr and Asr prayers or Maghrib and Isha prayers of the same day. However, it is better to maintain order in other qadha prayers also.
2- If a person suspects that he might have qadha on him, or that the prayers offered by him were not valid, it is not obligatory to perform it
3- If a person knows that he has not offered a prayer consisting of four Rak'ats, but does not know whether it is Zuhr or Isha, it will be sufficient to offer a four Rak'at prayer with the niyyat of offering qadha prayer for the prayer not offered. And as far as reciting loudly or silently, he will have an option.
4- If a person has a number of Fajr or Zuhr prayers qadha on him, and he does not know their exact number, or has forgotten, for example, if he does not know whether they were three, four or five prayers, it will be sufficient if he offers the smaller number.
5- Also we advice to perform a number of qadha prayer after the daily obligatory prayer every day, such as performing ten qadha of Fajir prayer every day so the result is complete one year of qadha of Fajir prayer in just 36 days only. Or for example, if you have one year of Fajr prayer the you can perform ten qadha prayers after Fajir, Zuhr and Asr, Maghrib and Isha prayers everyday so the result is complete one year of qadha of Fajir prayer in just ten days only.

And there are other cases that you may find its details in the code of practice. 
May Allah (s.w) accept all you Aamaal.

[Journeytojannah]

On 10 February 2016 at 7:25 AM, sadegh said:

Salaams sister,

Just some points:

1. There is no need to do the qadha quickly, though it is good if you have the time. Do not lose the sincerity in salaat for quickness!

2. Also take into consideration that qadha prayers should be performed exactly the way they have been lapsed. The only difference between them is time and niyya. So if you miss one, let's say, Asr prayer while traveling, then you should perform only 2 rak'ats as the qadha of your Asr prayer, because your prayer is qasr while traveling.

3. As @mahdi servant.01 pointed out, there is no need to state the niyya, because niyya means intention and intention is in the heart. When we intent to go to the masjid, for instance, do we state our niyya?! Niyya of salaat is all the same.

Peace

Thanks brother! May Allah reward you 

[Journeytojannah]

22 hours ago, gajarkahalva said:

QADHA PRAYER MADE EASY

 

You may suffer from the difficulties of performing the Qadha prayers specially when you have a huge number of prayers, which might due to some mistakes in your previous prayers such purity “Taharat” .. etc, or for other reason. Therefore we will try to demonstrate an easy way to perform the prayer so you can perform all your prayer in very easy and short time too inshaallah. 

The method 
Usually when you learn the method of the prayer from our parents, relatives or others, we do not realize the obligatory and the recommended things in the prayer. And you think this is the ideal method of the prayer which makes it valid. Hence sometimes you feel lazy to perform your qadha and delay it to the next day and so on until you find that you have a big number of prayers that you should perform. Now we will show you the simplest method of the prayer without and recommendations “Mustahabat” 

The normal prayer with some Mustahabat is: 
1- Athan
2- Iqamah
3- Intention
4- Takbiratul Ehram 
5- Qiraat + Mustahabat + Qunut
6- Tasbeeh + Mustahabat (In the third and fourth Rak'ats)
7- Ruku + Mustahabat
8- Sujood + Mustahabat
9- Tashahhud + Mustahabat
10- Salaam + Mustahabat


While The simple prayer without Mustahabat is: 
1- Intention
2- Takbiratul Ehram “Allahu Akbar” once
3- Qiraat “sorat Al-Fatiha + short Sura such as Al-Kawthar”
4- Qunut “Subhanallah” is sufficient
5- Tasbeeh (In the third and fourth Rak'ats) “Subhanallahi wal hamdu lillahi wa la ilaha illal lahu wallahu Akbar” once is sufficient
6- Ruku “Subhana Rabbiyal Adhimi wa bi hamdih” once or “Subhanallah” three times 
7- Sujood “Subhana Rabbiyal 'A'la wa bi hamdhi” once or “Subahanallah” three times
8- Tashahhud “Ash hadu an la ilaha illal lahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu wa Rasuluh, Alla humma salli 'ala Muhammadin wa Ali Muhammad”
9- Salaam “Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh” is sufficient


Reciting Takbir before going to Sajdah and after having stood up from Ruku ..etc is recommended and not obligatory. Therefore if you perform the prayer in that way then it is sufficient 

How to perform your Qadha prayers 
You can perform your qadhaa prayer whenever and wherever you like provided the following: 

1- It is not necessary to maintain sequential order in the offering of qadha, except in the case of prayers for which order has been prescribed, like, Zuhr and Asr prayers or Maghrib and Isha prayers of the same day. However, it is better to maintain order in other qadha prayers also.
2- If a person suspects that he might have qadha on him, or that the prayers offered by him were not valid, it is not obligatory to perform it
3- If a person knows that he has not offered a prayer consisting of four Rak'ats, but does not know whether it is Zuhr or Isha, it will be sufficient to offer a four Rak'at prayer with the niyyat of offering qadha prayer for the prayer not offered. And as far as reciting loudly or silently, he will have an option.
4- If a person has a number of Fajr or Zuhr prayers qadha on him, and he does not know their exact number, or has forgotten, for example, if he does not know whether they were three, four or five prayers, it will be sufficient if he offers the smaller number.
5- Also we advice to perform a number of qadha prayer after the daily obligatory prayer every day, such as performing ten qadha of Fajir prayer every day so the result is complete one year of qadha of Fajir prayer in just 36 days only. Or for example, if you have one year of Fajr prayer the you can perform ten qadha prayers after Fajir, Zuhr and Asr, Maghrib and Isha prayers everyday so the result is complete one year of qadha of Fajir prayer in just ten days only.

And there are other cases that you may find its details in the code of practice. 
May Allah (s.w) accept all you Aamaal.

JazakAllah Khairun, this was a great help! May Allah reward you ! 

[sadegh]

2 hours ago, Journeytojannah said:

Thanks brother! May Allah reward you 

You're welcome! Hope you can do them patiently, perfectly, and with the presence of heart, not rapidly and for the sake of getting rid of them.

Peace

[Ali.Isa]

On 2/9/2016 at 10:44 PM, Journeytojannah said:

Baiscally, I have missed around 11 years of prayers (counting from age 9).

I have prayed in between but not regularly.  Also I doubt my prayers were right/accepted. I finally learnt my salaah properly recently. 

So now I have around 11 years of missed prayers. 

What is the quickest and simplest way of catching up on these prayers?

I follow Sistani if that's any help. 

Salam, Insha Allah THEY ARE ACCEPTED. Doubt is not accepted as valid for doing more Qaza plus you prayed in between and i would recommend the above as pray double each day example when you prayed four rakat zuhr and asr pray again 4 rakat zuhr and asr as Qaza. Hit on the minimum year example maximum is 11 years and minimum could be 6 years.

On 2/10/2016 at 12:20 AM, sunnilove2hussain said:

So for every succeeding Salah,do i have to replace the "first" with "second","third" and so on....?

The Niyyat Intention has importance [Qorbatan Elallah seeking nearness to God, without it its not accepted, saw no one mentioning it, it is the foundation of intention] you have to know it, as you know the feeling of hunger-that is part of you - whilst saying takbir. No need to replace first with second 'fajr prayer' just recognize in your heart that your doing fajr Qorbatan ElAllah.

952. A person should offer prayers with the intention of Qurbat, that is, complying with the orders of the Almighty Allah. It is not, however, necessary that he should make the niyyat pass through his mind, or should, for example, utter: "I am offering four Rak'ats of Zuhr prayers Qurbatan ila-llah." SOURCE

[Journeytojannah]

On 3/1/2018 at 7:54 AM, Ali.Isa said:

Salam, Insha Allah THEY ARE ACCEPTED. Doubt is not accepted as valid for doing more Qaza plus you prayed in between and i would recommend the above as pray double each day example when you prayed four rakat zuhr and asr pray again 4 rakat zuhr and asr as Qaza. Hit on the minimum year example maximum is 11 years and minimum could be 6 years.

The Niyyat Intention has importance [Qorbatan Elallah seeking nearness to God, without it its not accepted, saw no one mentioning it, it is the foundation of intention] you have to know it, as you know the feeling of hunger-that is part of you - whilst saying takbir. No need to replace first with second 'fajr prayer' just recognize in your heart that your doing fajr Qorbatan ElAllah.

952. A person should offer prayers with the intention of Qurbat, that is, complying with the orders of the Almighty Allah. It is not, however, necessary that he should make the niyyat pass through his mind, or should, for example, utter: "I am offering four Rak'ats of Zuhr prayers Qurbatan ila-llah." SOURCE

Wsalam, thankyou so much! JazakAllah 

[Ali.Isa]

Salam, just so you know when I say hit the minimum units of Prayer it is based on jurisprudence rules; that if you have doubt between minimum and maximum units of Qaza Prayer[that you have to perform] you take the minimum as surety and God accepts it from you. But if you are sure and previously calculated and recorded for example in a notebook the 'maximum'-selected units - of qaza Prayer than that is the standard and must be prayed to the end, hope this point got more understandable so you can take proper action. Excuse me.