ANSWER:

They are gone and you cannot make up for prayers that were missed deliberately as Allah will not accept them from you.

QUESTION: I got sick three weeks ago and missed multiple prayers (I had a fever/flu and inconsistent sleep but wasn’t bedridden or unconscious). I kept delaying praying those prayers and haven’t prayed them yet. Do I pray those missed prayers and all subsequent prayers until today, or pray the missed prayers only, or are they gone as I kept delaying them?

Prayer | April 4, 2026 8:59 am
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QUESTION: I am a muslim women who works at a hospital, i only get an half an hour break for lunch break around 12.30pm, and sometimes i have to work till 6 or i am travelling back home during asr or maghrib time, is it permissible to combine my prayers