Prioritize obligatory religious duties

Obligatory religious duties should take priority because they form the foundation of religious practice, an Islamic adviser says in response to a reader’s question.

The reader, Othman from Petaling Jaya, asks about a speaker’s claim that Muslims must first make up missed obligatory practices before undertaking voluntary ones.

The adviser agrees that obligatory practices should come first, but says it is not wrong to perform voluntary practices as well by arranging the available time.