Missed actions (فَوَاتٌ)

Missed actions (فَوَاتٌ)


أصول الفقه

المعنى الاصطلاحي :


Lapse of the prescribed time for an act of worship.

الشرح المختصر :


"Fawāt" (missed actions) is to fail to perform an act of worship within the time prescribed for it by the Shariah. For example: "fawāt" of Hajj; if a person assumes "ihrām" (state of ritual consecration) for Hajj but the time of standing in Arafah passes without him standing in Arafah at all.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر :


"Fawāt": missing something by not doing it on time. Original meaning: the opposite of catching up with something and reaching it. Other meanings: lapsing, ending.