What should someone do when Fajr is repeatedly missed through sleep?
2026-09-20
F12 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn Bāz
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز
Original Q&A · Full displayed answer
The whole question includes the caller’s fear of hypocrisy. The answer advises taking available practical means and closes with Quran evidence and a supplication; it does not explicitly declare the caller a hypocrite.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
أنا رجل مسلم ولله الحمد، ومواظب على الصلوات في المسجد، إلا أنني كثيرا ما أتأخر عن صلاة الفجر حيث يغلبني النوم ويصعب علي القيام رغم وجود الساعة المنبهة، وكثيرا ما أفكر في ذلك وأخشى على نفسي من النفاق، هل أعتبر منافقا والحال ما ذكر؟ وبماذا تنصحونني؟
الجواب
الواجب عليك بذل المستطاع حتى يتيسر لك أداء الصلاة مع الجماعة، ومن ذلك إيجاد الساعة المنبهة، والنوم المبكر، ووصية من لديك من الأهل بإيقاظك خشية ألا تسمع الساعة، وقد قال الله عز وجل: ومن يتق الله يجعل له من أمره يسرا [الطلاق:4]، وقال سبحانه: فاتقوا الله ما استطعتم [التغابن:16]، يسر الله أمرك وأعانك على أداء ما أوجب عليك.
English translation
English rendering prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited complete Arabic answer; not an official translation.
Original question
I am a Muslim man—praise be to Allah—and regularly pray in the mosque. Yet I often miss the congregational Fajr prayer because sleep overcomes me and I find it difficult to get up, despite having an alarm clock. I think about this often and fear hypocrisy for myself. Am I considered a hypocrite in these circumstances, and what do you advise?
Answer
You must do everything within your ability to make it possible to pray with the congregation. This includes having an alarm clock, going to sleep early, and asking the family members with you to wake you in case you do not hear the alarm. Allah, mighty and exalted, says, “Whoever is mindful of Allah—He makes his affairs easy for him” [al-Talaq 65:4]. He also says, “Be mindful of Allah as much as you are able” [al-Taghabun 64:16]. May Allah make your affairs easy and help you perform what He has made obligatory upon you.
Source and editorial notes
Official Ibn Bāz website, fatwa 20506; website cites Majmūʿ Fatāwā wa-Maqālāt 30/118
حكم من يغلبه النوم عن صلاة الفجر في جماعة
When Sleep Repeatedly Causes One to Miss Fajr in Congregation
Full original question and entire answer collated; replaces the historical selected excerpt. Entire substantive official question and answer compared from their opening through the final answer words. Navigation, category labels and editorial footnote markers excluded. Source references remain attributed to the official site; print scans not separately collated. F11 retains the spoken negative expression ما اطمئن without silently changing the Arabic.