Is it obligatory for one who abandons the prayer to make up the prayers he left off if he repents to Allah?
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Question:
He says: I have passed the age of thirty and I did not pray, and I am now repentant and I pray. Is it obligatory for me to make up the prayers that I missed?
Answer:
As long as you have repented to Allah and you are maintaining the prayer, this is sufficient, if Allah wills, and you are not required to make up the missed prayers. Because when you intentionally abandon the prayer, you are not upon Islam. So when you repented to Allah, you entered Islam anew. Therefore, you must maintain the prayer, and what has passed, Allah forgives it through repentance. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Yes.
He says: I have passed the age of thirty and I did not pray, and I am now repentant and I pray. Is it obligatory for me to make up the prayers that I missed?
Answer:
As long as you have repented to Allah and you are maintaining the prayer, this is sufficient, if Allah wills, and you are not required to make up the missed prayers. Because when you intentionally abandon the prayer, you are not upon Islam. So when you repented to Allah, you entered Islam anew. Therefore, you must maintain the prayer, and what has passed, Allah forgives it through repentance. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يلزم تارك الصلاة قضاء ما ترك من صلوات إذا تاب إلى الله؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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