Will Missed (Qada) Prayers Be Forgiven Through Hajj?

Question

Zayd omitted many prayers in his life; now he is going to perform Hajj. Will his prayers (the prayers he did not offer) be forgiven through performing Hajj? Some of our friends say exactly this and cite a hadith as proof.

Answer

Hajj does not remit a debt — neither a debt owed to Allah nor a debt owed to a servant. For example, if someone owes a loan to someone, it is not remitted by performing Hajj; likewise, if someone owes a loan to someone, it is not remitted by performing Hajj; likewise, if someone owes some fard prayers, or fard fasts, or fard zakat, none of these — prayer, fasting, zakat — will…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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