Prayer: If I Owe My Own Qadā’, Do My Father’s Qadā’ Prayers and Fasts Take Priority?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Prayer: If I Owe My Own Qadā’, Do My Father’s Qadā’ Prayers and Fasts Take Priority?
English:
Question #547:
If the eldest son already has the obligation to perform some missed prayers and fasts of his own when the performance of his father’s missed prayers and fasts is also added to his obligations, which one of the two will have priority?
Answer #547:
He has the choice in this situation; therefore, it is correct for him to start performing either of them.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer