Does qadah salah make up for the obligatory salah?

Among the wisdom of performing Salaat, one is that Salaat is an Ibaadat%0D%0A(worship) of thanks giving to Allah Ta'ala for all His favours on us.%0D%0AFactually, if we spend every second of our lives to worship Allah, we will%0D%0Anot be able to thank Allah for His infinite bounties upon us.%0D%0A%0D%0AAllah Ta'ala, out of His infinite grace has made it compulsory upon us to%0D%0Aperform only 5 times a day. If we cannot even offer this little amount of%0D%0Atime then we should hang our heads down in total shame. After enjoying all%0D%0Ahis bounties and this appreciation.%0D%0A%0D%0AConsider our situation, if we had to do someone a favour and he couldn't%0D%0Afind the time to say, 'Jazaakallah' how would we feel? Our Ibaadat does not%0D%0Aincrease Allah's honour in any way. Allah Ta'ala is not in need of our%0D%0AIbaadat. We are the beneficiaries of our Ibaadat.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt is true that the Thawaab and virtue of a Salaat performed within its time%0D%0Ais much more than the Qadhaa Salaats. However, that is no excuse for not%0D%0Aperforming Qadhaa Salaat.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf a person sincerely repents for not performing Salaats timeously, it is%0D%0Ahoped that Allah Ta'ala will accept the Qadhaa Salaat and forgive the sin of%0D%0Anot performing the Salaat timeously. This hope obviously will come from one%0D%0Awho is sincere in his regret. A true of sincerity is that he will ensure%0D%0Aperforming all his Salaat timeously.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt is also advisable as part of your repentance to offer Nafl Salaat to make%0D%0Aup for the shortfall in the Fardh as stated in a Hadith of Rasulullah%0D%0A(Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam), the meaning of which is, 'The first act to be%0D%0Areckoned for on the day of Qiyaamat will be Salaat. If the Salaat is in%0D%0Aorder then this person is in ruin and destruction. And if there is a%0D%0Ashortfall in his Fardh Allah Ta'ala shall say, 'See if my servant has any%0D%0ANafl (optional) Ibaadat to his record. Then the shortfall shall be completed%0D%0Awith this Nafl, thereafter all other Ibaadat shall be accounted for%0D%0Aaccordingly.' (Mishkaat vol.1 pg.117; Qadeemi)%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai%0D%0AFATWA DEPT.%0D%0A