Qada Counter
Keep an honest count of the prayers and fasts you owe, and watch the number come down as you make them up — one at a time.
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Sign in to start countingMaking up missed prayers and fasts (qada)
Qada is the making-up of an obligatory act of worship that was missed — a prayer that passed unprayed, or a Ramadan fast that was not kept. The Quran calls the prayer "a decree upon the believers at specified times" (Surah An-Nisa 4:103), and the scholars of the four madhhabs agree that obligatory prayers and fasts missed after maturity remain a debt until they are made up.
The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever forgets a prayer, let him pray it when he remembers it — there is no expiation for it except that" (Sahih al-Bukhari 597). And regarding fasting, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) related that women who missed fasts in Ramadan were ordered to make them up later (Sahih Muslim 335). The debt does not disappear with time — but neither is it meant to crush you. It is simply owed, and every one you repay lightens the load.
How people actually use a qada counter
Most people who come to this tool are estimating years of missed worship — from before they started practising, from illness, or from travel. The common scholarly advice is to make a careful, honest estimate, err on the side of more rather than fewer, and then chip away steadily: one made-up prayer alongside each daily prayer is a widely-recommended, sustainable pace.
That is what the counter is for. Set your starting numbers once, then tap the minus button every time you make one up. The running total does the remembering, so your attention can go to the prayer itself, not the bookkeeping. Small and consistent beats grand and abandoned — the Prophet ﷺ said the most beloved deeds to Allah are those done regularly, even if small (Sahih al-Bukhari 6464).
Notes on the fiqh
Details differ between madhhabs — whether the five daily prayers alone are made up or witr too, how to order qada alongside current prayers, and what someone with decades of missed prayers should do. This page is a counting tool, not a fatwa: for your personal situation, ask a scholar or your local imam. What everyone agrees on is the direction of travel — start, keep a sincere record, and do not despair of the mercy of Allah (Surah Az-Zumar 39:53).