Making up the fast for one who abandoned prayer and fasting for years and then repented
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My aunt has not fasted since she was fourteen years old until she reached thirty, and she did not fast or pray. Then she began to fast and pray. Does she have to make up those years?
Answer:
If she abandoned prayer along with abandoning fasting, she does not have to make it up; because she was not a Muslim by abandoning prayer, but she became a Muslim after repentance. So she should continue with the repentance and the prayer and the fasting, and what was missed is not made up; because if she had fasted while not praying, her fasting would not have been valid. If she had fasted while not praying, her fasting would not have been valid. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My aunt has not fasted since she was fourteen years old until she reached thirty, and she did not fast or pray. Then she began to fast and pray. Does she have to make up those years?
Answer:
If she abandoned prayer along with abandoning fasting, she does not have to make it up; because she was not a Muslim by abandoning prayer, but she became a Muslim after repentance. So she should continue with the repentance and the prayer and the fasting, and what was missed is not made up; because if she had fasted while not praying, her fasting would not have been valid. If she had fasted while not praying, her fasting would not have been valid. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 30/16 شرح العقيدة السفارينية / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (26:39)
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