She says: I started praying when I was sixteen years old. Do I have to make up the prayers I missed? Please advise us, may Allah reward you.
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The questioner : I started praying when I was sixteen years old. Do I have to make up the prayers I missed? Please advise us, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : She does not have to make up the prayers she missed, because the legal principle established on the texts indicates that any time-bound act of worship, if a person delays it beyond its time, is not made up; it is not prescribed for him to make it up. Rather, he should increase in repentance, seeking forgiveness, and voluntary acts of worship, so that what he did may be erased from him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. He says in his last question.
The Shaykh : She does not have to make up the prayers she missed, because the legal principle established on the texts indicates that any time-bound act of worship, if a person delays it beyond its time, is not made up; it is not prescribed for him to make it up. Rather, he should increase in repentance, seeking forgiveness, and voluntary acts of worship, so that what he did may be erased from him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. He says in his last question.