The Ruling on delaying the Prayer
Question :
What is the ruling on one who prays Fajr two hours before Zuhr for example, bearing in mind that he was sleeping during the whole period?
Answer:
It is not permissible to delay the Fajr prayer from its stated time, unless it was due to sleeping. But sleeping may not be an excuse for every person, because he is able to go to bed early so that he is able to awake for prayer, and he is able to ask one of his parents or one of his brothers or one of his neighbors or others to wake him. In this way, he will take care in his prayers and busy his heart with it, so that when the time for it approaches, he will feel it, even if he is sleeping. The one who never prays Fajr until dawn, has not the least care for it in his heart. In any case, man is commanded to perform the prayers as early as possible, so if he sleeps (through the prayer), he must go to bed early so that he may get up for it at its proper time, and likewise the one who forgets.
Source:
Ibn Jibreen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 2 Pages 238-239
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