If one abandons prayer intentionally and then repents, does he have to make it up?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is the ruling on one who abandons prayer and fasting, then repents to Allah the Exalted with sincere repentance? Does he have to repeat the prayers he left, Honorable Shaykh, or are they dropped from him?
The Shaykh:
If one abandons prayer intentionally, he commits disbelief by doing so. If he repents to Allah, he enters Islam anew, according to the most precise scholars of knowledge. According to the most precise scholars of knowledge, he does not make up what he missed, because he abandoned it intentionally. However, if he abandoned it out of forgetfulness or slept through it, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers it or wakes up. There is no expiation for it except that.” Because he is excused. As for one who abandons it intentionally, he is not excused, due to His sayingMishkat al-Masabih 574 and He (peace and blessings be upon him) said So, if one abandons prayer intentionally, he exits Islam according to the view of the most precise scholars of knowledge. The majority hold that he does not commit disbelief, like the one who forgets or the one who sleeps. He makes up what he left after his repentance, but the correct view is the first one. Yes.
The questioner:
And regarding the prayers
The Shaykh:
As for fasting, as for fasting, if he left it while he was praying, he did not abandon prayer, and he maintained the prayer, but he abandoned fasting intentionally, then it is obligatory for him to make it up. It is obligatory for him to repent, and it is obligatory for him to make it up. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is the ruling on one who abandons prayer and fasting, then repents to Allah the Exalted with sincere repentance? Does he have to repeat the prayers he left, Honorable Shaykh, or are they dropped from him?
The Shaykh:
If one abandons prayer intentionally, he commits disbelief by doing so. If he repents to Allah, he enters Islam anew, according to the most precise scholars of knowledge. According to the most precise scholars of knowledge, he does not make up what he missed, because he abandoned it intentionally. However, if he abandoned it out of forgetfulness or slept through it, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers it or wakes up. There is no expiation for it except that.” Because he is excused. As for one who abandons it intentionally, he is not excused, due to His saying
as saying, “The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become an infidel.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفرBetween the servant and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is abandoning prayer
بين العبد وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe questioner:
And regarding the prayers
The Shaykh:
As for fasting, as for fasting, if he left it while he was praying, he did not abandon prayer, and he maintained the prayer, but he abandoned fasting intentionally, then it is obligatory for him to make it up. It is obligatory for him to repent, and it is obligatory for him to make it up. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2168 - من ترك الصلاة متعمدا ثم تاب هل يقضيها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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