Repeating the prayers of one who prayed for years without performing the ritual bath from major ritual impurity

The questioner:
He is praying without performing the full ritual bath from major ritual impurity, and he does not know whether he was ignorant of the ruling, or lax, or indifferent. So what should he do now regarding the past? Does he repeat the prayers of those years, and how is the repetition carried out?

The Shaykh:
He lives among the Muslims and does not know that the full ritual bath is obligatory. He is the one who is negligent. So he has to repeat the prayers because he is negligent. He lives among the Muslims, prays without the full ritual bath, and says, "I am ignorant." The ignorant person asks the ignorant person. He sees the people and hears. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you. That means he repeats the prayers.

The Shaykh:
Yes, he repeats the prayers because he has no excuse. He did not ask, nor did he hear, meaning he could not hear. He does not hear the hadiths from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He has never heard a hadith that the Messenger ordered the full ritual bath from major ritual impurity, and he lives with the Muslims. This is negligence. Yes.