The ruling on the fasting of one who did not pray and then repented to Allah
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: From the time I reached puberty until I was twenty years old, during Ramadan I would fast one day and break the fast the next, and I was not consistent with the prayers; sometimes I would pray and sometimes I would leave them. Then I repented to Allah. What is required of me regarding the Ramadans in which I broke my fast, which were about five Ramadans?
Answer:
Even if you fasted while you were not praying, your fasting is not valid. So if you were abandoning the prayer, you are not upon Islam, even if you fasted; you owe no fasting. And as long as you have repented to Allah and you are maintaining the prayer, you should maintain the fasting after the repentance; this is sufficient, if Allah wills.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: From the time I reached puberty until I was twenty years old, during Ramadan I would fast one day and break the fast the next, and I was not consistent with the prayers; sometimes I would pray and sometimes I would leave them. Then I repented to Allah. What is required of me regarding the Ramadans in which I broke my fast, which were about five Ramadans?
Answer:
Even if you fasted while you were not praying, your fasting is not valid. So if you were abandoning the prayer, you are not upon Islam, even if you fasted; you owe no fasting. And as long as you have repented to Allah and you are maintaining the prayer, you should maintain the fasting after the repentance; this is sufficient, if Allah wills.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2032] حكم صيام من كان لا يصلي ثم تاب إلى الله - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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