Prayer: Does the 40-day wine rule mean prayers must be done on time, made up later, or both?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Does the 40-day wine rule mean prayers must be done on time, made up later, or both?

English:

Question #724:

Does the statement, “One who drinks wine has neither prayer nor fast for forty days” mean that it is not obligatory for them to perform prayer during that period, and that they should make qaḍā’ for what they miss? Or does it mean that they should do adā’ (perform it in time) as well as qaḍā’? Or that it is not obligatory for them to make qaḍā’ and adā’ will do, though its reward is less than the other prayers?

Answer #724:

It means that drinking wine prevents the acceptance of prayers and fasting^¹, not that it exempts them from the obligation to perform prayers and fast on time and it becomes obligatory for them to perform their qaḍā’instead, or that it is obligatory to perform them both adā’ and qaḍā’.

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

1. The meaning of the phrase “drinking wine prevents the acceptance of prayers” is that no reward is given for such prayers. However, if one offers prayers correctly, he is not ruled as prayer forsaker and will not be punished for forsaking prayer, but he will not be provided any reward for it.