Is it obligatory to make up the fasting and prayers missed after one's repentance?
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Question:
I missed days of Ramadan in the year 1409, and I missed many prayers, because I used to fast in Ramadan and pray, but when Ramadan ended, I neglected the prayer. So, do I have to make them up now? I have missed prayers that I cannot count after I repented and felt remorse, so please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to repent to Allah the Exalted and to maintain the prayers in the future of your life, and Allah will accept your repentance. It is not obligatory for you to make up what has passed in the years before, because repentance wipes out what came before it. Whoever abandons the prayer intentionally exits the religion of Islam. So, if he repents to Allah, returns to Allah, and maintains the prayer, he enters Islam anew. What remains of his life is considered for him through repentance and maintaining the prayer, and as for what has passed, Allah forgives it. Yes.
I missed days of Ramadan in the year 1409, and I missed many prayers, because I used to fast in Ramadan and pray, but when Ramadan ended, I neglected the prayer. So, do I have to make them up now? I have missed prayers that I cannot count after I repented and felt remorse, so please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to repent to Allah the Exalted and to maintain the prayers in the future of your life, and Allah will accept your repentance. It is not obligatory for you to make up what has passed in the years before, because repentance wipes out what came before it. Whoever abandons the prayer intentionally exits the religion of Islam. So, if he repents to Allah, returns to Allah, and maintains the prayer, he enters Islam anew. What remains of his life is considered for him through repentance and maintaining the prayer, and as for what has passed, Allah forgives it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يلزم الصوم والصلاة قضاء ما فاته بعد توبته ؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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