مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٣٠٢ - LAPSED PRAYERS
OBLIGATORY LAPSED PRAYERS OF A FATHER, IS OBLIGATORY ON THE ELDEST SON TO OFFER
١٣٩٩. If a person fails to offer some of his
prayers and does not also offer their lapsed ones in spite of his being
in a position to do so, he no doubt fails to discharge a religious
obligation and thus becomes guilty of disobedience to Allahs commands.
Notwithstanding this. however, it is obligatory for his eldest son to
offer his fathers lapsed prayers after the latters death, or to get them
offered by some one else on payment. Of course, it is not necessary for
the eldest son to offer the lapsed prayers of his mother, though it is
better that he should also offer her mothers lapsed prayers.
١٤٠٠. If the eldest son doubts whether or not
any lapsed prayers remained to be offered by his father, he is under no
obligation to offer them.
١٤٠١. ii the eldest son knows that some lapsed
prayers were not offered by his father, but he is in doubt whether his
father has offered them or not, he should offer them on the basis of
obligatory precaution.
١٤٠٢. If it is not known as to who is the eldest
son of a person it is not obligatory on any one of the sons to offer
their fathers lapsed prayers. However, therecommended precaution is that
they should divide his prayers between them or should draw lots for
offering them.
١٤٠٣. If a dying person has made a will that a
person should be hired to offer his lapsed prayers and if the hired
person offers the prayers properly, the eldest son is free from
obligation.
١٤٠٤. If the eldest son wishes to offer the
lapsed prayers of his mother, he should act in the matter of offering
prayers loudly. or in low tone, according to his own obligation. Hence
he should offer the lapsed prayers of his mother in respect of dawn,
dusk and night prayers in loud voice.