The ruling on one who left the prayer for ten months and then repented
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Question:
He says about himself: I have been praying for five years, but I left the prayer for a period of ten months, between the third and fourth year, however, I am now continuing to pray—may Allah be praised. Do I have to make up the missed prayers? Or what? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Repentance is sufficient; because leaving the prayer is disbelief, and the cure for disbelief is repentance, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Riyad as-Salihin 710 And Allah says in His great Book: [20:82] So you must strive in obeying Allah, being upright, doing much good deeds, seeking forgiveness, and sincere repentance, and you do not have to make up the missed prayers, this is the obligatory thing; that you be upright in your repentance, and that you remain firm upon it, and that you beware of leaving the prayer, and that you also beware of bad company, do not sit with those who leave the prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So the prayer is the pillar of Islam, the greatest of the obligatory acts of Islam is the prayer after the two testimonies, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2616Hasan (Darussalam).
So it is obligatory for men and women alike to preserve the five prayers, and to care for them in their times, and it is obligatory for the man to pray them in congregation in the mosques with the Muslims, and it is obligatory for everyone to beware of leaving them, and being lax with them; because leaving them is major shirk, we ask Allah for safety. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
He says about himself: I have been praying for five years, but I left the prayer for a period of ten months, between the third and fourth year, however, I am now continuing to pray—may Allah be praised. Do I have to make up the missed prayers? Or what? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Repentance is sufficient; because leaving the prayer is disbelief, and the cure for disbelief is repentance, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(embracing) Islam wipes out all that has gone before it (previous misdeeds). Verily, emigration wipes out all the previous sins
الإسلام يهدم ما كان قبله، والتوبة تهدم ما كان قبلهاBut indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.
وَإِنِّي لَغَفَّارٌ لِمَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اهْتَدَىThe covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفرBetween a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe head of the matter is Islam, and its pillar is the Salat
رأس الأمر الإسلام وعموده الصلاةSo it is obligatory for men and women alike to preserve the five prayers, and to care for them in their times, and it is obligatory for the man to pray them in congregation in the mosques with the Muslims, and it is obligatory for everyone to beware of leaving them, and being lax with them; because leaving them is major shirk, we ask Allah for safety. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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