Section: As for making up the regular Sunnah prayers (al-sunan al-ratibah) after the 'Asr prayer, the correct opinion is that it is permissible. This is because the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) did so, for he performed the two rak'ahs that are after Dhuhr after the 'Asr prayer, as in the hadith of Umm Salamah (32), and he performed the two rak'ahs that are before 'Asr after it, as in the hadith of 'Aishah (33); and following what the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) did is obligatory. Furthermore, the prohibition after 'Asr is light, due to what has been narrated in contradiction to it regarding the concession, and the disagreement that has occurred concerning it. The statement of 'Aishah, "He used to forbid them (34)," means—and Allah knows best—that he (35) forbade them for a reason other than this cause, and that he (36) used to perform them regularly, and he would forbid [others from] that. This is the school of al-Shafi'i. The scholars of opinion (ashab al-ra'y) forbade it due to the generality of the prohibition. However, what we have mentioned is specific, so adhering to it is more appropriate. Except that the correct opinion regarding the two rak'ahs before 'Asr is that they are not to be made up, due to what 'Aishah narrated, that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayed them. I said to him: "Should we make them up if we miss them?" He said: "No." Recorded by Ibn al-Bakhtari (37), in the fifth part of his hadith collection.

Section: As for making up Sunnah prayers during other times of prohibition, and performing other prayers that have a specific cause (dhat sabab), such as the greeting of the mosque (tahiyyat al-masjid), the eclipse prayer (salat al-kusuf), and the prostration of recitation (sujud al-tilawah), the famous position in the school (madhhab) is that it is not permissible. Al-Khiraqi mentioned this regarding the prostration of recitation and the eclipse prayer. The Qadi said: There are two narrations regarding this; the more correct of the two is that it is not permissible. This is the opinion of the scholars of opinion (ashab al-ra'y) due to the generality of the prohibition. The second [narration] is that it is permissible, and this is the opinion of al-Shafi'i, because the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "If one of you enters the mosque, let him not sit until he prays two rak'ahs." Agreed upon.