Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Is it okay for me to follow Imam as-Shafii’s ruling that I must first make up my qada…and if I do follow that ruling must I start making my wudu’, salah, and ghusl according to Imam as-Shafii? I am asking this question because there are many qada prayers I have to make up…but due to lack of time, it is hard for me to do both the sunna mua’qada and my qada’ prayers
Wa Alaykum Assalam wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu,
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate
It would be best to continue to follow your own school, and to seek the assistance of Allah and simply perform the sunnas. If you seek something for the sake of Allah, with sincerity, Allah will certainly grant you assistance therein.
If you try and still find it unreasonably difficult, then you can follow the Shafi`i position regarding non-performance of current sunnas without having to follow the Shafi`i school in matters of purification and prayer.
And Allah alone gives success.
Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani.
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