Does one who was leaving off the prayer and then repented and returned to it need to perform the full ritual bath?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Does he pray or does he not pray?
The questioner : After the repentance?
The Shaykh : Ah
The questioner : Three years, he prays.
The Shaykh : He prays. Okay, does he not perform the full ritual bath?
The questioner : After he returned to Allah, before three years, he says he did not perform the full ritual bath, being ignorant of the ruling in that matter.
The Shaykh : For all these years, he did not perform the full ritual bath?
The questioner : He did not perform the full ritual bath, but the full ritual bath for returning to Allah is for a Christian when he enters Islam...
The Shaykh : Why was he a disbeliever? He was misguided.
The questioner : Misguided, leaving off the prayer.
The Shaykh : He was misguided, not a disbeliever, meaning that when he was leaving off the prayer, he believed in it, as we said in the first instance?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, this person is not a disbeliever, he is not a disbeliever, and therefore he is not required to perform the full ritual bath as it is required for a disbeliever who embraces Islam to perform the full ritual bath. But when he, for example, repented to Allah with a sincere repentance, and his first prayer came upon him, if he was in a state of major ritual impurity, for example, then he has to perform the full ritual bath, and if he was in a state of minor ritual impurity, he has to perform the ablution. He must have done this and that. As for performing the full ritual bath because he found the right path, that is only required according to the opinion of some of your scholars in this land who say that one who leaves off the prayer out of laziness is a disbeliever, an apostate from his religion. And this is not correct. Therefore, after he embraced Islam three years ago, he is not required to do anything other than what he did: to perform the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity when necessary, and to perform the ablution for every prayer. And we ask Allah to keep us and you all firm.
The Shaykh : Does he pray or does he not pray?
The questioner : After the repentance?
The Shaykh : Ah
The questioner : Three years, he prays.
The Shaykh : He prays. Okay, does he not perform the full ritual bath?
The questioner : After he returned to Allah, before three years, he says he did not perform the full ritual bath, being ignorant of the ruling in that matter.
The Shaykh : For all these years, he did not perform the full ritual bath?
The questioner : He did not perform the full ritual bath, but the full ritual bath for returning to Allah is for a Christian when he enters Islam...
The Shaykh : Why was he a disbeliever? He was misguided.
The questioner : Misguided, leaving off the prayer.
The Shaykh : He was misguided, not a disbeliever, meaning that when he was leaving off the prayer, he believed in it, as we said in the first instance?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, this person is not a disbeliever, he is not a disbeliever, and therefore he is not required to perform the full ritual bath as it is required for a disbeliever who embraces Islam to perform the full ritual bath. But when he, for example, repented to Allah with a sincere repentance, and his first prayer came upon him, if he was in a state of major ritual impurity, for example, then he has to perform the full ritual bath, and if he was in a state of minor ritual impurity, he has to perform the ablution. He must have done this and that. As for performing the full ritual bath because he found the right path, that is only required according to the opinion of some of your scholars in this land who say that one who leaves off the prayer out of laziness is a disbeliever, an apostate from his religion. And this is not correct. Therefore, after he embraced Islam three years ago, he is not required to do anything other than what he did: to perform the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity when necessary, and to perform the ablution for every prayer. And we ask Allah to keep us and you all firm.
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