The Ruling on One Who Deliberately Abandons Prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, in the past I was negligent regarding the matters of my religion. I did not make up the fasts of Ramadan, I abandoned some of the prayers, I made many oaths and vows, and I backbit some of my sisters and women. Does repentance in such a case require what came before it?
Answer:
Yes, if you deliberately abandoned the prayer, this is disbelief that takes one out of the religion. This is the correct opinion among the scholars. It is disbelief that takes one out of the religion, so her fasting does not suffice her. Even if she fasts, her fasting is not valid. She must repent to Allah, with sincere repentance, and maintain her religion in the future. And whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, in the past I was negligent regarding the matters of my religion. I did not make up the fasts of Ramadan, I abandoned some of the prayers, I made many oaths and vows, and I backbit some of my sisters and women. Does repentance in such a case require what came before it?
Answer:
Yes, if you deliberately abandoned the prayer, this is disbelief that takes one out of the religion. This is the correct opinion among the scholars. It is disbelief that takes one out of the religion, so her fasting does not suffice her. Even if she fasts, her fasting is not valid. She must repent to Allah, with sincere repentance, and maintain her religion in the future. And whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/211 — archive.org (10:10)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.