If there is ample time for prayers and a creditor asks to be paid what he is owed, one must first pay his debt and then perform his prayer, if this is possible. Similarly, if some other obligation arises that must be performed immediately ‒ for example, one sees that the mosque has become impure ‒ he must first purify the mosque and then perform his prayer. In both cases, in the event that he first performs his prayer, he commits a sin but his prayer is valid.
[1] This is the act of supplicating in prayers with the hands placed in front of the face. [2] This refers to the early period of the prescribed time for a prayer during which there is more reward for performing it. PRAYERS THAT MUST BE PERFORMED IN ORDER THE TIME FOR THE PRAYER AFTER SUNSET (MAGHRIB) AND THE EVENING (ʿISHĀʾ) PRAYER العربية فارسی اردو English Azərbaycan Türkçe Français