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437. Abū Qatādah narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ was once on a journey, and he sidetracked (from the path), so I went with him. He said: 'Look!' I responded: 'There is a rider; these are two riders; these are three riders...' until we became seven. He said, 'Guard our prayer for us,' meaning the Fajr prayer. But they fell into a deep sleep, and they were only awakened by the heat of the sun. So they stood up and continued for a short while, then camped and performed Wudū. Bilāl called the Adhān, and they prayed two Rak'ahs (Sunnah) of Fajr, then prayed Fajr and continued to ride (onwards). They said to one another: 'We have been careless in (performing) our prayers.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'There is no carelessness in sleep,
verily carelessness occurs only while one is awake. So if one of you unintentionally misses a prayer, let him pray it as soon as he remembers, and the next day at its time.”[1] (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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Commentary
This narration mentions performing the Sunnah of the Fajr prayer before the obligatory prayer when praying that prayer late, and that the one who is asleep is not accountable.
