The ruling on making up the prayers of one who abandoned them out of laziness

Question:
A questioner says: What is the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view, for a man who abandoned the prayer for more than a year or two, then returned and maintained it? Does he have to make up what he left behind previously?

Answer:
If he abandoned it while denying its obligation, then he is a disbeliever. If he repents to Allah and maintains the prayer, then Allah accepts his repentance, and he does not make up what was missed. This is by consensus. As for if he abandoned it out of laziness and then repented to Allah, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement. Some hold that he makes it up, because he did not deny it and did not deny its obligation. The correct view is the second one, which is that he does not make it up either. Rather, he must maintain the prayer in the future, and his sincere repentance before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is sufficient for him. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,