Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I work in a public school in the United States. My lunch break is not at the appropriate time for Zuhr prayer, and I have also learned that prayer on the school grounds during school hours is not permitted. This is public-school policy, springing from a Supreme Court decision. What would be an acceptable manner of making up this missed prayer, according to the Hanafi madhab? Insha’Allah there is such a possibility.
Walaikum assalam,
What is not allowed is school-enforced mandatory prayer, or something like that. However, there is nothing preventing you from going to an empty room and praying. Muslims right across the United States , Canada , Britain , and Europe do this daily. Hundreds of schools actually allow Muslims to formally pray in congregation in an unused room or elsewhere… Even more have Friday prayers on school grounds…
As such, you have no grounds to miss prayer. Doing so would be sinful.
Walaikum assalam,
Faraz Rabbani.