What is the ruling on making up missed prayers for one who repents from abandoning them?
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Question:
I have a sister who is twenty-six years old. In the beginning of her life, she did not pray. Then she started praying only in the month of Ramadan. For the last five years, she has been praying for ten days and leaving the rest of the month. Sometimes she prays the entire month, and sometimes she barely prays at all. She has spent more than half her life not praying. Does she have to make up the prayers she missed, or is repentance sufficient?
Answer:
By this action of hers, she is a disbeliever—we seek refuge in Allah. So she must repent to Allah, feel remorse, cease the sin, and resolve not to return to it. This is sufficient, praise be to Allah. Allah the Exalted says: [Al-Nur: 31], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 4250Da’if (Darussalam).
So she must repent to Allah with sincere repentance, feeling remorse for the past, and making a sincere resolve not to return to it, and maintaining the five daily prayers at their times. This is sufficient, praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
I have a sister who is twenty-six years old. In the beginning of her life, she did not pray. Then she started praying only in the month of Ramadan. For the last five years, she has been praying for ten days and leaving the rest of the month. Sometimes she prays the entire month, and sometimes she barely prays at all. She has spent more than half her life not praying. Does she have to make up the prayers she missed, or is repentance sufficient?
Answer:
By this action of hers, she is a disbeliever—we seek refuge in Allah. So she must repent to Allah, feel remorse, cease the sin, and resolve not to return to it. This is sufficient, praise be to Allah. Allah the Exalted says:
And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَThe one who repents from sin is like one who did not sin.
التائب من الذنب كمن لا ذنب لهSo she must repent to Allah with sincere repentance, feeling remorse for the past, and making a sincere resolve not to return to it, and maintaining the five daily prayers at their times. This is sufficient, praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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