If one intentionally abandons the prayer for a period of his life and then Allah accepts his repentance, does he have to make up the missed prayers?
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Question:
A person who was afflicted and abandoned the prayer for a period of his life, and then Allah accepted his repentance, asks whether he must make up what he missed during that period of his life, or how he should act?
Answer:
The correct view, which the evidence indicates, is that it is obligatory for him to maintain the prayer in the future. As for what he intentionally abandoned in the past, he does not make it up; repentance is sufficient. Repentance wipes out what came before it. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
A person who was afflicted and abandoned the prayer for a period of his life, and then Allah accepted his repentance, asks whether he must make up what he missed during that period of his life, or how he should act?
Answer:
The correct view, which the evidence indicates, is that it is obligatory for him to maintain the prayer in the future. As for what he intentionally abandoned in the past, he does not make it up; repentance is sufficient. Repentance wipes out what came before it. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من ترك الصلاة عمدا فترة من عمره ثم تاب الله عليه، هل يقضيها؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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