Is it obligatory to make up the prayers that a person intentionally abandoned?
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Question:
Yes, may Allah reward you. This questioner says: I was not praying consistently. What must I do regarding the obligatory prayers I left behind? What is the time for making them up? Is it after the current obligatory prayer or before it? How are the missed prayers performed if I was intentionally abandoning the prayer?
Answer:
You must repent to Allah the Exalted and Majestic and maintain the prayer in the future. As for what has passed, do not make it up, because you were not upon Islam during the entire period in which you intentionally abandoned the prayer; you were not upon Islam.
His statement:Mishkat al-Masabih 569 The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 574 This is in the books of the Sunan. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [At-Tawbah 9:11] This indicates that the one who does not pray is not among our brothers in religion, meaning that he is a disbeliever. He, the Exalted and Majestic, said: [Al-Qiyamah 75:31-32] Thus, abandoning prayer is paired with lying about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He, the Exalted, said regarding the criminals: [Al-Muddaththir 74:42] [Al-Muddaththir 74:43] The verses and evidence that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, in a disbelief that takes him out of the religion, are numerous. So you must repent to Allah and maintain the prayer in the future. As for if you abandoned it by forgetting it or sleeping through it, then you are required to make it up. His statement (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan ad-Darimi 2:45 There is no expiation for it except that.
Yes, may Allah reward you. This questioner says: I was not praying consistently. What must I do regarding the obligatory prayers I left behind? What is the time for making them up? Is it after the current obligatory prayer or before it? How are the missed prayers performed if I was intentionally abandoning the prayer?
Answer:
You must repent to Allah the Exalted and Majestic and maintain the prayer in the future. As for what has passed, do not make it up, because you were not upon Islam during the entire period in which you intentionally abandoned the prayer; you were not upon Islam.
His statement:
What lies between a man and infidelity is the abandonment of prayer.
صلى الله عليه وسلم بين العبد وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاة رواه مسلمBetween the servant and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is abandoning prayer
بين العبد وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become an infidel.” Ahmad
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفر، رواهBut if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, then they are your brothers in religion
فَإِن تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ(31) And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed. (32) But [instead], he denied and turned away.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَThey will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَWhoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers it.
من نسي صلاة أو نام عنها فليصلها إذا ذكرها
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6573- هل يجب قضاء الصلوات التي تركها الشخص متعمداً ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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