Prayer: Clearing Large Qadā’ Backlogs in Blocks: Permissible?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Clearing Large Qadā’ Backlogs in Blocks: Permissible?

English:

Question #529:

If a person has a lot of qaḍā’ prayers due on him, is it permissible for him to perform them in the following manner:

i. To perform morning prayers, say twenty times;
ii. The noon and afternoon prayers, twenty times;
ii. maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers, twenty times, continuing in this way for a year?

Answer #529:

There is no problem in performing the qaḍā’ prayers in the manner described as the noon prayers are offered before afternoon ones and the maghrib prayers before ishā’ ones.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer