Is it obligatory for one who repents from abandoning the prayer to make up the missed prayers?
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Question:
He says: I did not commit to prayer in the early part of my life, and many obligatory prayers were missed. Can I make up now what I missed in the past?
Answer:
The correct view is that you must repent to Allah and maintain the prayer in the future. As for what was missed, and since you intentionally abandoned prayer, you were not upon Islam. You entered Islam after repenting and maintaining the prayer.
He says: I did not commit to prayer in the early part of my life, and many obligatory prayers were missed. Can I make up now what I missed in the past?
Answer:
The correct view is that you must repent to Allah and maintain the prayer in the future. As for what was missed, and since you intentionally abandoned prayer, you were not upon Islam. You entered Islam after repenting and maintaining the prayer.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجب على التائب من ترك الصلاة قضاء الصلوات الفائتة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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