delaying it for an excuse is a necessity (1), such as a menstruating woman who becomes pure, a disbeliever who embraces Islam, a child who reaches puberty, an insane person who regains sanity, a sleeper who wakes up, or a sick person who recovers. This is the meaning of his saying: "with necessity." As for attaining it by attaining one rakʿah of it, the excused person and the non-excused are equal in this. Likewise, all other prayers are attained by attaining one rakʿah of them within their time, because of the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him: "Whoever attains one rakʿah of the prayer has attained the prayer." Agreed upon (3). In another narration: "Whoever attains one rakʿah of the ʿAṣr prayer before the sun sets has attained the ʿAṣr." Agreed upon (4). I do not know of any disagreement regarding this.

Section: Does one attain the prayer by attaining less than one rakʿah? There are two narrations: one of them is that he does not