Is it obligatory to make up the prayer for one who abandoned it intentionally and then repented?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The brother 'Amid asks: If one abandons the prayer intentionally and then repents with sincere repentance, does he have to make up what he left?
Answer:
The stronger position is that he does not make up what he left; rather, the repentance is sufficient. This is because, during the time he abandoned the prayer intentionally, he was not upon Islam. Abandoning the prayer intentionally is disbelief, so he enters Islam anew, repents to Allah, and maintains the prayer in the future.
May Allah reward you with good. The brother 'Amid asks: If one abandons the prayer intentionally and then repents with sincere repentance, does he have to make up what he left?
Answer:
The stronger position is that he does not make up what he left; rather, the repentance is sufficient. This is because, during the time he abandoned the prayer intentionally, he was not upon Islam. Abandoning the prayer intentionally is disbelief, so he enters Islam anew, repents to Allah, and maintains the prayer in the future.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6840- هل يجب قضاء الصلاة لمن تركها متعمداً ثم تاب ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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