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Rulings on Making Up Missed Prayers (Qada’ Salat)

The rulings for making up missed prayers include the rules that must be followed when a prayer is missed for any reason, and they include the following:

1. Obligation:
   A Muslim must make up any prayer that was missed if there was a valid excuse, such as sleeping and missing the prayer time or traveling.
2. Order of Making Up:
   Missed prayers should be performed in order; the earliest missed prayer should be made up first.
3. Completing Fully:
   Missed prayers must be performed with all bowings (ruku’), prostrations (sujood), and tashahhud; they should not be done merely with movements or short recitations.
4. Valid Excuse:
   Making up a missed prayer is allowed if there is a valid excuse, such as illness that prevents standing or sitting during the prayer.

By following these rulings, missed prayers are performed correctly according to Islamic law and accepted by Allah.