Is it obligatory for one who abandons the prayer to make it up after repenting?

Question:
May Allah reward you. We received this question from a resident in Riyadh who says: Shaykh, if a person has abandoned the prayer for many years and then returned to maintaining it at its times and with its pillars, does he repeat what came before, or is repentance sufficient?

Answer:
He makes up what came before; he repeats it, he makes up what came before. Some scholars say he makes up what came before if he was not denying its obligation, but rather abandoned it out of laziness, in which case he makes up what came before. The stronger opinion in this matter is that he repents to Allah, maintains the prayer in the future, and does not make up what was missed. And whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Yes.