Ruling on Making Up Missed Prayers
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Question:
The questioner says: “O His Eminence the Shaykh, this questioner began praying when he was seventeen years old. Does he have to make up the prayers he missed?”
Answer:
You do not have to make them up, but you must repent. Repent for the negligence that occurred in the past. Because once you reach the age of fifteen after puberty, it is obligatory for you to pray. The same applies to a girl or a woman, except that a woman has a fourth condition, which is menstruation. If she leaves off prayer after reaching puberty, she must repent to Allah for that, and she does not have to make up the missed prayers. This is because leaving off prayer is disbelief. Therefore, the obligation is to repent from it. We ask Allah for well-being.
The questioner says: “O His Eminence the Shaykh, this questioner began praying when he was seventeen years old. Does he have to make up the prayers he missed?”
Answer:
You do not have to make them up, but you must repent. Repent for the negligence that occurred in the past. Because once you reach the age of fifteen after puberty, it is obligatory for you to pray. The same applies to a girl or a woman, except that a woman has a fourth condition, which is menstruation. If she leaves off prayer after reaching puberty, she must repent to Allah for that, and she does not have to make up the missed prayers. This is because leaving off prayer is disbelief. Therefore, the obligation is to repent from it. We ask Allah for well-being.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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