Is it obligatory for one who repents from abandoning the prayer to make up the missed prayers?
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Question:
A person says: He abandoned the prayer for a period of time, then he wanted to repent. How is the repentance? And does he have to make up the prayers he did not pray in the past?
Answer:
He must hasten to repent, seek forgiveness, and maintain the prayer. As for what he left behind, he does not make it up, because by intentionally abandoning it, he exits Islam. So when he repents, he enters Islam anew; he maintains the prayer in the future, repents to Allah, and increases in voluntary prayers. What has passed is not made up. What he left behind is not made up.
A person says: He abandoned the prayer for a period of time, then he wanted to repent. How is the repentance? And does he have to make up the prayers he did not pray in the past?
Answer:
He must hasten to repent, seek forgiveness, and maintain the prayer. As for what he left behind, he does not make it up, because by intentionally abandoning it, he exits Islam. So when he repents, he enters Islam anew; he maintains the prayer in the future, repents to Allah, and increases in voluntary prayers. What has passed is not made up. What he left behind is not made up.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجب على التائب من ترك الصلاة قضاء الصلوات الفائتة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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