The ruling on making up missed prayers for one who abandoned them for years
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The questioner:
This questioner says: I used to not be consistent in my prayer; in fact, I would abandon it for many days. This state continued for several years, and my question is
The Shaykh:
Look at the counter.
The questioner:
I used to not be consistent in my prayer; in fact, I would abandon it for many days. This state continued for several years, and my question is: Do I make up the missed prayers, or is repentance sufficient?
The Shaykh:
We have answered this before. Our position is that one who abandons prayer intentionally commits disbelief and exits the religion, remaining a disbeliever until he repents. If he repents, he starts over. He enters Islam anew. He does not have to make up the missed prayers because he committed disbelief by abandoning prayer. If he repents, he enters Islam anew. He resumes his religion anew, starts over, and maintains his prayer in the future. Yes.
Those who obligate making up the prayers are those who hold that one does not commit disbelief by abandoning prayer. They hold that his disbelief is minor and that he does not become a disbeliever. They say he must make up the prayers. As for those who hold that he commits major disbelief, he does not have to make up the prayers. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: I used to not be consistent in my prayer; in fact, I would abandon it for many days. This state continued for several years, and my question is
The Shaykh:
Look at the counter.
The questioner:
I used to not be consistent in my prayer; in fact, I would abandon it for many days. This state continued for several years, and my question is: Do I make up the missed prayers, or is repentance sufficient?
The Shaykh:
We have answered this before. Our position is that one who abandons prayer intentionally commits disbelief and exits the religion, remaining a disbeliever until he repents. If he repents, he starts over. He enters Islam anew. He does not have to make up the missed prayers because he committed disbelief by abandoning prayer. If he repents, he enters Islam anew. He resumes his religion anew, starts over, and maintains his prayer in the future. Yes.
Those who obligate making up the prayers are those who hold that one does not commit disbelief by abandoning prayer. They hold that his disbelief is minor and that he does not become a disbeliever. They say he must make up the prayers. As for those who hold that he commits major disbelief, he does not have to make up the prayers. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
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