Tuesday, September 1, 2026

The Valley of Wail: Grave Warnings for Those Who Miss or Delay Ṣalāĥ

Ruling on the Ṣalāĥ in which a traveller stands up to offer third Rak'at

If a traveller starts the third Rak'at in his Qaṣr Ṣalāĥ then there are two possibilities:

1.     If he has already sat for the Qa'dah Akhīraĥ (i.e., final sitting) [after the second Rak'at] for as long as it takes to recite the Tashaĥĥud, he must revert to the Qa'dah position provided he has not yet offered the Sajdaĥ of the third Rak'at. He is then required to perform Sajdaĥ Sahw and Salām [to finish his Ṣalāĥ]. And if he did not revert and offered Salām while standing, even then his Ṣalāĥ would be valid, but a Sunnaĥ would get missed.

If he has offered Sajdaĥ of the third Rak'at then he must add another Rak'at [to make it four] and finish it after performing Sajdaĥ Sahw. In this case, the last two Rak'āt will be regarded as Nafl.

2.     If he has stood up without sitting for the Qa'dah Akhīraĥ [after the second Rak'at] then as long as he has not offered the Sajdaĥ of the third Rak'at, he must revert to the Qa'dah, perform Sajdaĥ Sahw and then offer Salām.

If he has offered the Sajdaĥ of the third Rak'at [without sitting in Qa'dah after the second Rak'at, then his] Farḍ will become invalid. Now, he should add another Rak'at [to make it four] and offer Sajdaĥ Sahw and complete his Ṣalāĥ. All these four Rak'āt will be regarded as Nafl. (Offering two Rak'āt of Farḍ still remains an obligation for him).

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ۞ صَلَّى اللّٰہ تَعَالٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّد

Qaḍā Ṣalāĥ and the journey

The Ṣalāĥ missed in the state of being a resident will have to be offered as Qaḍā with complete number of Rak'āt without being shortened even during a journey. Likewise, the Ṣalāĥ missed during a journey [as a traveller] will have to be offered as Qaḍā with Qaṣr (i.e., shortening) even after becoming a resident.

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ۞ صَلَّى اللّٰہ تَعَالٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّد

Drops of Mercy Fell on Me As Well

An Islamic brother of Korangi, Bāb-ul-Madina Karachi (approx. 22 years old) makes the following statement:

Unfortunately! I had indulged in many evils such as missing Ṣalāĥ, watching film and dramas, fashion and company of wicked friends. I was a spoilt youngster whose precious life was passing in sins. The crescent of Ramaḍān (1426 A.H.) appeared and the rain of Allah's mercy began to shower. Some drops of mercy showered on me as well and I performed collective I'tikāf during the last ten days of Ramadan in the Karimia Qadiriyyaĥ Masjid of Korangi, Bāb-ul-Madina Karachi.

The prolonged dark night of my life's autumn began to turn into the bright morning of the spring. اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ participation in the collective I'tikaf changed my life-style altogether; I not only repented of all the sins, began to offer Ṣalāĥ, grew beard, began to wear the turban but I also travelled with a 30 days Sunnaĥ-inspiring Madanī Qafilaĥ of Dawat-e-Islami, the international non-political religious movement of the Quran and Sunnaĥ in the company of the Prophet's lovers in order to learn sunnah.

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ at this moment in time, I am carrying out the Madanī work of Dawat-e-Islami as a Zeli Qafilaĥ Zimmadār in a Masjid.

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ۞ صَلَّى اللّٰہ تَعَالٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّد

Method of Missed Ṣalāĥ*

Excellence of Durūd Sharīf

The Prophet of mankind, the peace of our heart and mind, the most generous and kind صَلَّى اللّٰہ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, "Reciting Durūd upon me is refulgence on the bridge of Ṣirāṭ. The one reciting Durūd upon me eighty times on Friday, his eighty years' sins will be forgiven."

(Al-Jami'us-Ṣagīr, pp. 320, Ḥadīš 5191)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ۞ صَلَّى اللّٰہ تَعَالٰی عَلٰی مُحَمَّد

The 4th and 5th verses of Sūraĥ Mā'ūn (Section 30) warn as under:

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّيْنَۙ ۞ الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُوْنَ ۞

So woe to those performers of Ṣalāĥ. Who are neglectful of their Ṣalāĥ.

Mufassir-e-Shahīr, Hakeem-ul-Ummat, Ḥaḍrat Mufti Ahmad Yār Khān عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ الْقَنِيّ states regarding Ayah No. 5, "There are some cases of heedlessness: never offering the Ṣalāĥ, offering the Ṣalāĥ irregularly, not offering the Ṣalāĥ at proper time, offering the Ṣalāĥ by incorrect method, offering the Ṣalāĥ without taking interest, offering the Ṣalāĥ without contemplation, offering the Ṣalāĥ lazily and carelessly."

(Nūr-ul-'Irfān, p. 958)

*According to Ḥanafī Doctrine

Horrible Valley of Hell

There is a mention of the word "Wail" in verse number 4. Ṣadr-ush-Sharī'aĥ Ḥaḍrat Maulānā Muḥammad Amjad 'Alī A'ẓamī رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه says, "In Hell, there is a valley that is so horrific that even Hell itself seeks refuge from its severity. This valley is called "Wail" and it is for those who miss their Ṣalāĥ deliberately."

(Bahār-e-Sharī'at, vol. 1, pp. 347)

Mountains would Melt Down due to Heat

Ḥaḍrat Sayyidunā Imām Muḥammad bin Aḥmad Żaĥabī رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه says, "It has been said that there is a valley in Hell bearing the name 'Wail'. If even mountains of the world are put into it, they would melt due to its heat. It is the abode of those who are sluggish in their Ṣalāĥ and offer Ṣalāĥ beyond stipulated time making it Qaḍā, unless they feel ashamed of their recklessness and repent in the court of Allāĥ عَزَّوَجَلَّ."

(Kitāb-ul-Kabāir, p. 19)

The Torment of Head-Crushing

The beloved and blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰہ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said to his blessed companions رَضِیَ اللّٰہ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُمْ, "Two angels (Jibrāīl and Mīkāīl) عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَام came to me tonight and took me to the sanctified land where I saw that a person was lying and another person was standing by his head holding a stone. The standing person was repeatedly crushing his head with the stone and every time his head would heal. I asked the angels, 'سُبْحَانَ اللّٰہ عَزَّوَجَلَّ who is he?' They requested me to proceed further (and after showing me other scenarios of torment) they answered, 'The first person you saw was the one who had abandoned the Quran having read it and would sleep at the time of Farḍ Ṣalāĥ, (so) he will be punished like that until the Day of Judgement'."

(Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, pp. 425, vol. 4, Ḥadīš 7047)

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