Is it obligatory to make up the prayers of one who abandoned them and then repented?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner, who sent a set of questions, says: A man used not to pray, then he repented to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Does he have to make up the prayers he missed? And what is the stronger position on this?
Answer:
The correct view is that he does not make them up; because in abandoning the prayer intentionally, he commits disbelief and exits the religion. So when he repents to Allah and maintains the prayer, he enters Islam anew. And when a disbeliever repents, or an apostate repents, it is not obligatory for him to make up what he left off during his state of disbelief or apostasy; rather, he begins his Islamic life anew. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner, who sent a set of questions, says: A man used not to pray, then he repented to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Does he have to make up the prayers he missed? And what is the stronger position on this?
Answer:
The correct view is that he does not make them up; because in abandoning the prayer intentionally, he commits disbelief and exits the religion. So when he repents to Allah and maintains the prayer, he enters Islam anew. And when a disbeliever repents, or an apostate repents, it is not obligatory for him to make up what he left off during his state of disbelief or apostasy; rather, he begins his Islamic life anew. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6341- هل يجب قضاء الصلاة على من كان تاركاً لها ثم تاب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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