Is it obligatory to make up the prayers of one who abandoned prayer for ten years and then repented to Allah?
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Question:
The questioner says: I neglected prayer and fasting during my youth for a period of about ten years. Do I have to make up what was missed and repent?
Answer:
He must repent and be steadfast in the future. As for what was missed, he was not upon Islam. One who intentionally abandons prayer is not upon Islam. If he repents to Allah, he enters Islam anew. Yes.
The questioner says: I neglected prayer and fasting during my youth for a period of about ten years. Do I have to make up what was missed and repent?
Answer:
He must repent and be steadfast in the future. As for what was missed, he was not upon Islam. One who intentionally abandons prayer is not upon Islam. If he repents to Allah, he enters Islam anew. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [395] هل يجب القضاء على من ترك الصلاة عشر سنوات ثم تاب إلى الله؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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