Determining the Hijri year in calculating the duration of abandoning prayer
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Question:
How does he make up for those prayers, Shaykh Salih? He says he abandoned them for a year, and in that case, is the year calculated by the Gregorian calendar or the Hijri calendar, or how do you direct him? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The year is twelve months, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and it is based on the lunar month, which is the Hijri month. It is the Hijri month, and the Qur'an was revealed in it:[Al-Baqarah 2:189]? Allah the Exalted linked the rulings of the Shari'ah to the sighting of the new moons. If you see the new moon, fast, and if you see it, break your fast. Fast upon seeing it and break your fast upon seeing it. Thus, acts of worship are linked to the new moons, and it is the lunar year. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
How does he make up for those prayers, Shaykh Salih? He says he abandoned them for a year, and in that case, is the year calculated by the Gregorian calendar or the Hijri calendar, or how do you direct him? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The year is twelve months, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and it is based on the lunar month, which is the Hijri month. It is the Hijri month, and the Qur'an was revealed in it:
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the new moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for Hajj."
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا كان على الإنسان قضاء هل يصلي الظهر مع الظهر الفائت والفجر مع الفجر الفائت وهكذا؟ الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com (0:52)
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