Ruling on making up missed prayers before and after reaching puberty
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Question:
He says: I pray—and praise be to Allah—in the mosque at every time, except for the Fajr prayer. With every prayer, I pray a time equal to what I missed when I was young. My question regarding the 'Asr prayer is whether I should pray it before the obligatory time or after it? I mean the one I am making up.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to pray the prayers in their times with the Muslims in the mosques of Allah. Likewise, it is obligatory for you to pray Fajr with the Muslims, and do not imitate the hypocrites. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 797Sahih (Darussalam) And Allah the Exalted says: [Al-Nisa: 142]. Therefore, it is not permissible to imitate the hypocrites, neither in Fajr nor in any other prayer. Rather, it is obligatory for you to pray Fajr and the other prayers with the people in congregation in the mosques.
As for the prayers that have passed you, if you left them, then repentance is sufficient. You do not have to make up what has passed, whether that was before reaching puberty—in which case you owe nothing—or after reaching puberty, and then Allah accepted your repentance. Repentance wipes out what came before it, and you do not have to make them up. You must face your future with sincere repentance, righteous deeds, and performing the obligatory duties in the future. As for the prayers you left in the past, there is no making them up according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. This is because a disbeliever does not make up missed prayers. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [Al-Anfal: 38]. Leaving the prayer is major shirk (associating partners with Allah) according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Narrated by Muslim in the Sahih. And based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) Prayer is the pillar of Islam. Whoever leaves it, among men and women, commits disbelief if it is intentional. However, if it is due to forgetfulness or sleep, then when he wakes up or remembers, he prays. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No one should delay it intentionally, whether it is Fajr or any other prayer. It is obligatory for the believer to preserve it, and likewise for the believing woman. It is obligatory for everyone to preserve the prayer in its times, take care of it, and strive to perform it on time. The man performs it in congregation in the mosques of Allah, and the woman performs it in her home. Whoever intentionally leaves it without a valid legal excuse, but rather out of negligence, is a disbeliever according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. And if he denies its obligation, he is a disbeliever by the consensus of the Muslims. We ask Allah for safety.
A group of scholars said: He is not declared a disbeliever if he leaves it off out of negligence rather than denying its obligation, but he has committed a great major sin, greater than zina and theft, in that he deliberately leaves off the prayer, even if he does not deny its obligation. He has committed a great evil, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called kufr (disbelief), but the majority hold that it is kufr (disbelief) less than kufr (disbelief). However, the most correct of the scholars' two opinions is that it is shirk akbar (major shirk), and this is what is narrated from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and what they preferred: that it is shirk akbar (major shirk) .
So prayer is the pillar of Islam. Whoever loses it loses his religion, and whoever preserves it preserves his religion. But whoever leaves it and then Allah guides him and accepts his repentance, he must face his future. He does not have to make up what was missed, rather repentance wipes out what came before it, and Islam demolishes what was before it. And Allah is the One to be asked for help. Yes.
The presenter: And Allah is the Helper, may Allah reward you with good.
He says: I pray—and praise be to Allah—in the mosque at every time, except for the Fajr prayer. With every prayer, I pray a time equal to what I missed when I was young. My question regarding the 'Asr prayer is whether I should pray it before the obligatory time or after it? I mean the one I am making up.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to pray the prayers in their times with the Muslims in the mosques of Allah. Likewise, it is obligatory for you to pray Fajr with the Muslims, and do not imitate the hypocrites. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are the 'Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer
أثقل الصلاة على المنافقين صلاة العشاء وصلاة الفجرIndeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلاةِ قَامُوا كُسَالَىAs for the prayers that have passed you, if you left them, then repentance is sufficient. You do not have to make up what has passed, whether that was before reaching puberty—in which case you owe nothing—or after reaching puberty, and then Allah accepted your repentance. Repentance wipes out what came before it, and you do not have to make them up. You must face your future with sincere repentance, righteous deeds, and performing the obligatory duties in the future. As for the prayers you left in the past, there is no making them up according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. This is because a disbeliever does not make up missed prayers. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them
قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ يَنتَهُوا يُغْفَرْ لَهُمْ مَا قَدْ سَلَفَBetween a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe 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 كفرWhoever sleeps through a prayer or forgets it, let him pray it when he remembers it; there is no expiation for it except that.
من نام عن الصلاة أو نسيها فليصلها إذا ذكرها، لا كفارة لها إلا ذلكA group of scholars said: He is not declared a disbeliever if he leaves it off out of negligence rather than denying its obligation, but he has committed a great major sin, greater than zina and theft, in that he deliberately leaves off the prayer, even if he does not deny its obligation. He has committed a great evil, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called kufr (disbelief), but the majority hold that it is kufr (disbelief) less than kufr (disbelief). However, the most correct of the scholars' two opinions is that it is shirk akbar (major shirk), and this is what is narrated from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and what they preferred: that it is shirk akbar (major shirk) .
So prayer is the pillar of Islam. Whoever loses it loses his religion, and whoever preserves it preserves his religion. But whoever leaves it and then Allah guides him and accepts his repentance, he must face his future. He does not have to make up what was missed, rather repentance wipes out what came before it, and Islam demolishes what was before it. And Allah is the One to be asked for help. Yes.
The presenter: And Allah is the Helper, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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