A person started praying at the age of twenty, so what is obligatory for him?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He asks: Is it permissible for a person to pray the prayers that he missed in past years, given that he started praying at the age of twenty-two? Is it permissible for a person to pray the prayers that he missed in past years, given that he started praying at the age of twenty-two? Perhaps he meant that he was not praying before this age, so what about the time before twenty? Does he have to make them up?
Answer:
It is obligatory for him to repent to Allah and to be consistent with the prayer. He does not have to make up the prayers he left; his repentance is sufficient for him. Yes.
May Allah reward you. He asks: Is it permissible for a person to pray the prayers that he missed in past years, given that he started praying at the age of twenty-two? Is it permissible for a person to pray the prayers that he missed in past years, given that he started praying at the age of twenty-two? Perhaps he meant that he was not praying before this age, so what about the time before twenty? Does he have to make them up?
Answer:
It is obligatory for him to repent to Allah and to be consistent with the prayer. He does not have to make up the prayers he left; his repentance is sufficient for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5747- شخص بدأ يصلي وعمره عشرون سنة فما الواجب عليه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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