Making Up Prayers Left Behind in Youth
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Question:
One of the brothers says: Shaykh, in my youth, in my early days, and before my marriage, I was lax about prayer and would leave some of the times. Then Allah the Exalted guided me, and I have been consistent with the prayers at their times with the Muslim congregation. These times, Honorable Shaykh, do I have to make up these prayers that I left when I was at the beginning of my age, at fifteen?
Answer:
If the times are few and you are able to make them up, then it is obligatory for you to make them up. But if they are many times, then no, repentance is sufficient. Repentance is sufficient for what has passed, and maintaining the prayer for the rest of your life. Repentance demolishes what came before it, as in the hadith. Yes.
One of the brothers says: Shaykh, in my youth, in my early days, and before my marriage, I was lax about prayer and would leave some of the times. Then Allah the Exalted guided me, and I have been consistent with the prayers at their times with the Muslim congregation. These times, Honorable Shaykh, do I have to make up these prayers that I left when I was at the beginning of my age, at fifteen?
Answer:
If the times are few and you are able to make them up, then it is obligatory for you to make them up. But if they are many times, then no, repentance is sufficient. Repentance is sufficient for what has passed, and maintaining the prayer for the rest of your life. Repentance demolishes what came before it, as in the hadith. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (170) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-02-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:46)
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