Ruling on making up missed prayers after repenting from abandoning them
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Question:
This questioner, Abu Muhammad from al-Zulfi, says in this question: During my youth, some of the prayers would be missed by me, such as 'Asr and Fajr, for example. Praise be to Allah, now I perform all five obligatory prayers in the mosque, and I pray with the congregation, and I strive to ensure that I do not miss any obligatory prayer. I am thinking about how I should make up what I missed during my youth? Is it possible for me to make up one missed prayer with each obligatory prayer, even if it is between the adhan and the iqamah? I ask you to clarify this?
Answer:
You do not have to make up the missed prayers, and repentance wipes out what came before it, and praise be to Allah; because abandoning the prayer is disbelief, and there is no escape from it except through repentance. As long as you have repented from that, and praise be to Allah, you do not have to make up the missed prayers. Repentance wipes out what came before it; because one who abandons the prayer is a disbeliever, so if he repents and returns to the truth and guidance, he does not have to make up the missed prayers. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order the apostates to make up the missed prayers, and the Companions did not order the apostates to make up the missed prayers. So when they embraced Islam, they were not ordered to make up what they had missed of fasting or prayer. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner, Abu Muhammad from al-Zulfi, says in this question: During my youth, some of the prayers would be missed by me, such as 'Asr and Fajr, for example. Praise be to Allah, now I perform all five obligatory prayers in the mosque, and I pray with the congregation, and I strive to ensure that I do not miss any obligatory prayer. I am thinking about how I should make up what I missed during my youth? Is it possible for me to make up one missed prayer with each obligatory prayer, even if it is between the adhan and the iqamah? I ask you to clarify this?
Answer:
You do not have to make up the missed prayers, and repentance wipes out what came before it, and praise be to Allah; because abandoning the prayer is disbelief, and there is no escape from it except through repentance. As long as you have repented from that, and praise be to Allah, you do not have to make up the missed prayers. Repentance wipes out what came before it; because one who abandons the prayer is a disbeliever, so if he repents and returns to the truth and guidance, he does not have to make up the missed prayers. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order the apostates to make up the missed prayers, and the Companions did not order the apostates to make up the missed prayers. So when they embraced Islam, they were not ordered to make up what they had missed of fasting or prayer. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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