Making up missed prayers due to ignorance and ritual impurity
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The questioner:
This brother questioner who wrote this long question, but its summary is: Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: The questioner says: We used to live in the desert, and I used to pray since I was young and fast, but I was ignorant of the rulings of prayer and ritual purity. I used to pray in clothes that were sometimes affected by children's urine, may Allah reward you with good, and I could not purify these clothes due to the scarcity of water, the severe cold, and my difficult circumstances. Sometimes, if I fell severely ill and could not stand because of it, I would leave some prayers due to ignorance. Now, praise be to Allah, after the children learned, they informed me that I was wrong, so I regretted it greatly. What should I do with my past prayers?
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that removing ritual impurity from the clothes, the body, and the place is a condition for the validity of the prayer, if one is able to do so. However, if one is unable to remove the ritual impurity, his prayer is valid. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:16] regarding ritual impurity, but she mentioned that she leaves off some of the prayers.
The presenter:
Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
She is required to make up the prayers she left off, if she knows their number or can estimate what she missed and make it up. Yes.
The questioner:
She asks, Shaykh: Do the regular voluntary prayers and other voluntary acts expiate for past missed prayers?
The Shaykh:
The obligatory prayers: No, they must be made up. If she left off any of the obligatory prayers, she must make them up, and voluntary prayers and charity are not sufficient in their place. Yes.
This brother questioner who wrote this long question, but its summary is: Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: The questioner says: We used to live in the desert, and I used to pray since I was young and fast, but I was ignorant of the rulings of prayer and ritual purity. I used to pray in clothes that were sometimes affected by children's urine, may Allah reward you with good, and I could not purify these clothes due to the scarcity of water, the severe cold, and my difficult circumstances. Sometimes, if I fell severely ill and could not stand because of it, I would leave some prayers due to ignorance. Now, praise be to Allah, after the children learned, they informed me that I was wrong, so I regretted it greatly. What should I do with my past prayers?
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that removing ritual impurity from the clothes, the body, and the place is a condition for the validity of the prayer, if one is able to do so. However, if one is unable to remove the ritual impurity, his prayer is valid. Allah the Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْThe presenter:
Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
She is required to make up the prayers she left off, if she knows their number or can estimate what she missed and make it up. Yes.
The questioner:
She asks, Shaykh: Do the regular voluntary prayers and other voluntary acts expiate for past missed prayers?
The Shaykh:
The obligatory prayers: No, they must be made up. If she left off any of the obligatory prayers, she must make them up, and voluntary prayers and charity are not sufficient in their place. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/150 — archive.org (10:35)
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