2/15. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 442 — Forgotten Prayer Made Up
Whoever Sleeps Through The Prayer (Time) Or Forgets (To Pray)
Forgotten Prayer Hadith: Pray When You Remember
Sunan Abi Dawud : 442
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 442
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ نَسِيَ صَلاَةً فَلْيُصَلِّهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَهَا لاَ كَفَّارَةَ لَهَا إِلاَّ ذَلِكَ " .
Anas bin Malik Narrated from:
Anas b. Malik reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: If any one forgets a prayer or oversleeps, he should observe it when he remembers it; there is no expiation for it except that.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 442In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 52English translation : Book 2, Hadith 442
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 442
This hadith gives direct guidance about a forgotten prayer and an overslept prayer. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says that when someone forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, he should observe it when he remembers. The wording is simple and practical: the remedy mentioned in the hadith is to pray it. It also says there is no expiation for it except that. This makes the teaching easy to understand for anyone looking for the hadith about forgotten salah or what to do after oversleeping prayer. The hadith does not add extra steps in this text. It points the person back to salah as soon as the prayer comes back to mind.
What we learn from this hadith
- A forgotten prayer is prayed when it is remembered.
- An overslept prayer is treated with the same direct action.
- The expiation mentioned in the text is to observe that prayer.
