The ruling on one who abandons prayer and fasting, then repents
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, this is a man who used to be a sinner, then he repented. Before that, he did not fast Ramadan, and two or three weeks would pass without him praying. What is the ruling on him? He asked me this.
Answer:
The ruling is that he was a disbeliever at that time. The one who intentionally does not pray is a disbeliever. So, when he became a disbeliever and then entered Islam anew, he must maintain the prayer and fasting after his repentance. As for what has passed, he does not make it up, because he was in a state of disbelief at that time.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, this is a man who used to be a sinner, then he repented. Before that, he did not fast Ramadan, and two or three weeks would pass without him praying. What is the ruling on him? He asked me this.
Answer:
The ruling is that he was a disbeliever at that time. The one who intentionally does not pray is a disbeliever. So, when he became a disbeliever and then entered Islam anew, he must maintain the prayer and fasting after his repentance. As for what has passed, he does not make it up, because he was in a state of disbelief at that time.
Source
توبة تارك الصلاة والصيام — alfawzan.live
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