Making Up Missed Prayers and Fasts Before Repentance
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Question:
This young man says: I was mostly engaged in sins; I did not pray and I did not fast, even though obligatory prayers and fasting had become required of me in the past. Now that I have repented to Allah and started praying, though I am still negligent, and fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, is it obligatory for me to perform the prayers and fasts I missed before my repentance? And how do I make expiation for that?
Answer:
All that has passed is wiped away from you through repentance, and praise be to Allah. As long as your repentance is sincere and valid, Allah will wipe away from you what has passed. So you do not have to repeat any prayer, fast, or anything else. Repentance wipes out what came before it, and praise be to Allah. He, the Exalted, says:[Taha 20:82] that [Taha 20:82] you are called the Praiseworthy. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
This young man says: I was mostly engaged in sins; I did not pray and I did not fast, even though obligatory prayers and fasting had become required of me in the past. Now that I have repented to Allah and started praying, though I am still negligent, and fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, is it obligatory for me to perform the prayers and fasts I missed before my repentance? And how do I make expiation for that?
Answer:
All that has passed is wiped away from you through repentance, and praise be to Allah. As long as your repentance is sincere and valid, Allah will wipe away from you what has passed. So you do not have to repeat any prayer, fast, or anything else. Repentance wipes out what came before it, and praise be to Allah. He, the Exalted, says:
But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does
وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَrighteousness and then
صَالِحًا ثُمَّ
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء الخير - ابن باز — archive.org (25:13)
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