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26 / 06 / 2026
Meeting of Intentions in One Prayer
For someone who has missed prayers for years and wants to make them up, can they perform them during the time of the Sunnah prayers and intend instead of the Sunnah of the Dhuhr prayer (before or after) to make up for missed prayers? And during the Taraweeh prayers in Ramadan, can we replace the intention of Taraweeh with making up for the missed Fajr prayer in every two rak'ahs? And does the reward for the voluntary prayers remain, or does it go to the make-up prayers? Or is it necessary to make up the prayers separately without including the Sunnah and voluntary prayers?
Answer
I say, and with God's help: He must have a specific intention for making up the missed prayers; it is not permissible to combine the intention of making up missed prayers with the intention of voluntary prayers. The principle is that one should not abandon the Sunnah prayers to make up for missed ones, but rather perform the Sunnah prayers and make up the missed ones in any way he wishes. It is preferable to perform a voluntary prayer with each obligatory prayer, whether before or after it, until all missed prayers are completed. And God knows best.
