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Qaza Umri Calculator

Work out how many missed prayers (qaza) you need to make up since puberty, including Witr in the Hanafi way, and how long it will take at your own pace.

Rules last checked 12 November 2026Every step shown4 sources

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years

If you don't know when you reached puberty, Hanafi scholars take 15 Hijri years, about 14 years 7 months in solar years. Puberty can't be earlier than 12 for a boy or 9 for a girl.

years

For example, one qaza with each of the five daily prayers plus Witr.

Qaza prayers to make up

21,900

Of each prayer (Fajr, Dhuhr…)
3,650
At 6 a day, you finish in
3,650 days (about 10 years)

10 years of missed prayers is 3,650 of each prayer, 21,900 in all including Witr. Praying 6 qaza a day, you'd finish in about 10 years.

How it's worked out

  1. Days10 years × 3653,650
  2. Prayers3,650 days × 6 prayers21,900
  3. Time to finish21,900 ÷ 6 a day3,650 days
  • Make the intention for the earliest (or the latest) missed Fajr, Dhuhr and so on each time. If you die before finishing, a fidya bequest for the rest is advised.
  • Missed Ramadan fasts are counted separately. Ask your scholar about your own starting age and, for women, your usual cycle. If unsure, count more rather than fewer.

How it's worked out

Qaza prayers = years × 365 days (minus haid and nifas days for women) × 6 prayers

For a woman, the haid days are her usual days each month, for every month except the 9 months of each pregnancy, and the nifas days are her usual days (at most 40) for each birth. If unsure, count more rather than fewer.

Worked example

A man who missed prayers from 15 to 25 has 10 years × 365 = 3,650 of each prayer to make up, 21,900 with Witr. Praying 6 qaza a day, he finishes in 3,650 days, about 10 years.

Questions people ask

How do I calculate my qaza prayers?

Count the years you missed from puberty, multiply by 365 days, and multiply by 6 prayers a day (the five fard and Witr, in the Hanafi school). Ten years is 3,650 of each prayer, 21,900 in all.

From what age do I count?

From puberty. If you don't know when you reached it, Hanafi scholars take 15 Hijri years, about 14 years 7 months in solar years. Puberty can't be earlier than 12 for a boy or 9 for a girl.

Do women count the days of their periods?

No. Prayers missed during menstruation (haid) and the bleeding after childbirth (nifas) are never made up, so subtract those days. The calculator subtracts your usual period days each month, except during pregnancies, and your usual nifas days for each birth.

How do I make up so many prayers?

Many scholars suggest praying one qaza with each daily prayer, or setting a daily number, and intending the earliest (or the latest) missed Fajr, Dhuhr and so on each time.

Formula and rules last checked 12 November 2026Written and tested by the CalculatorDex teamReport a problem

Sources: Jamia Uloom Islamia Binori Town: Counting qaza prayers when the age of puberty isn't known · Jamia Uloom Islamia Binori Town: A girl's age of puberty · Dawat-e-Islami: Rulings on haid and nifas · Darul Uloom Deoband: Making up prayers after nifas (via IslamQA.org)