Is it obligatory to make up a prayer that was left off intentionally without an excuse?
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The questioner : There remains a question our brother mentioned regarding making up a missed prayer.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, this has come upon us, Ibrahim.
The questioner : You gave me the opportunity.
The Shaykh : It has come, it has come.
The questioner : May that be good, if Allah wills. May Allah reward you a thousand times over.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : Regarding making up a missed prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : There is a ruling or a question: the missed prayer that was left off intentionally.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... This is one point regarding whether he makes it up or what he does, and he wants to repent?
The Shaykh : As for repentance, its door is
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : open wide.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for what is called making up the prayer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Making up the prayer is either due to a Shari'ah excuse.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that is sleep and forgetfulness.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or it is due to something else.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If it is due to something else.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then there is no way to it, because it involves admitting to the denial of the saying of Allah the Exalted.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And what came in the Sunnah by way of explanation.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :[An-Nisa 4:103] .
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So what is the benefit of[An-Nisa 4:103] if the Muslim prays the prayer outside its time.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So making up the prayer is not permissible without the excuse mentioned earlier.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that is all.
The questioner : And for them, only repentance is required.
The Shaykh : No, repentance is open; he repents to Allah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : A sincere repentance, and you know
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : that the first condition of sincere repentance is regret for what has passed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then the resolve not to return to it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then continuing in righteous deeds that compensate for the good he missed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So repentance is continuous.
The questioner : Yes, it is not closed.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, this has come upon us, Ibrahim.
The questioner : You gave me the opportunity.
The Shaykh : It has come, it has come.
The questioner : May that be good, if Allah wills. May Allah reward you a thousand times over.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : Regarding making up a missed prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : There is a ruling or a question: the missed prayer that was left off intentionally.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... This is one point regarding whether he makes it up or what he does, and he wants to repent?
The Shaykh : As for repentance, its door is
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : open wide.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for what is called making up the prayer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Making up the prayer is either due to a Shari'ah excuse.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that is sleep and forgetfulness.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or it is due to something else.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If it is due to something else.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then there is no way to it, because it involves admitting to the denial of the saying of Allah the Exalted.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And what came in the Sunnah by way of explanation.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَوْقُوتًاThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So what is the benefit of
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَوْقُوتًاThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So making up the prayer is not permissible without the excuse mentioned earlier.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that is all.
The questioner : And for them, only repentance is required.
The Shaykh : No, repentance is open; he repents to Allah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : A sincere repentance, and you know
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : that the first condition of sincere repentance is regret for what has passed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then the resolve not to return to it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then continuing in righteous deeds that compensate for the good he missed.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So repentance is continuous.
The questioner : Yes, it is not closed.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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