A woman who did not fast two months of Ramadan due to the extreme heat because she lived in the desert and tended sheep all year round, and the heat was intense
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The questioner : A woman did not fast two months of Ramadan due to the extreme heat because she lived in the desert and tended sheep all year round, and the heat was very intense at that time, even the elders could not fast, she says. And I was fifteen years old at the time, and out of ignorance on my part, I used to pray sometimes and leave it off other times. This was twenty years ago. Now I am confused: should I fast those days or feed people, and what is required of me regarding the missed prayers?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for her to make up the fasting she left off after reaching puberty, but as for the time before puberty, it is not obligatory to make it up because it was not obligatory.
As for the prayer, if she makes it up, that is better, and if she does not make it up, there is no blame on her. Repentance obliterates what came before it.
And the reason I said that if she makes it up, it is better, is that she did not intentionally leave it off out of negligence, as it appears, but out of ignorance.
As for one who intentionally leaves off the prayer out of negligence, and then Allah grants him mercy and he becomes upright, he does not make it up; he does not make up the prayer, and that is because there is no benefit in making it up. If he were to make it up a thousand times, it would not benefit him, by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 1718b meaning it is rejected from him.
And one who intentionally leaves off the prayer from its time without an excuse has done an act that is not in accordance with the command of Allah and His Messenger, so it is rejected.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for her to make up the fasting she left off after reaching puberty, but as for the time before puberty, it is not obligatory to make it up because it was not obligatory.
As for the prayer, if she makes it up, that is better, and if she does not make it up, there is no blame on her. Repentance obliterates what came before it.
And the reason I said that if she makes it up, it is better, is that she did not intentionally leave it off out of negligence, as it appears, but out of ignorance.
As for one who intentionally leaves off the prayer out of negligence, and then Allah grants him mercy and he becomes upright, he does not make it up; he does not make up the prayer, and that is because there is no benefit in making it up. If he were to make it up a thousand times, it would not benefit him, by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملاً ليس عليه أمرنا فهو ردAnd one who intentionally leaves off the prayer from its time without an excuse has done an act that is not in accordance with the command of Allah and His Messenger, so it is rejected.