The ruling on making up missed prayers and fasts for one who repents from abandoning them
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Question:
I used to not be consistent in performing the prayer and fasting, but then I repented to Allah, and praise be to Allah. I have heard on your program that the prayer is not made up, so is fasting the same, or is it obligatory to make up the fasting? I should mention that I do not know how many days I fasted and how many I broke.
Answer:
As for the prayer, if one intentionally leaves it, he does not make it up, but he must repent to Allah ; because leaving it is apostasy from Islam, and an apostate does not make up what he left. So he must repent to Allah, hasten to pray, and ask Allah for forgiveness for what has passed.
As for when the believer prays and the believing woman prays, but they are lax in some of the fasting, then it must be made up; because leaving the fast is not apostasy from Islam, but it is a major sin. So if a woman or a man leaves making up the fast, it is obligatory for him to repent to Allah and make up the fast. In addition to that, he must feed a poor person for every day if the making up is delayed until after the Ramadan following the one in which he left it. In that case, he makes up the fast and feeds a poor person for every day half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the staple food of the country, which is approximately one and a half kilograms by weight, along with the fasting and repentance to Allah . A group of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) issued a ruling that feeding is an expiation and a discretionary punishment for the one who delays making up his fast. Yes.
I used to not be consistent in performing the prayer and fasting, but then I repented to Allah, and praise be to Allah. I have heard on your program that the prayer is not made up, so is fasting the same, or is it obligatory to make up the fasting? I should mention that I do not know how many days I fasted and how many I broke.
Answer:
As for the prayer, if one intentionally leaves it, he does not make it up, but he must repent to Allah ; because leaving it is apostasy from Islam, and an apostate does not make up what he left. So he must repent to Allah, hasten to pray, and ask Allah for forgiveness for what has passed.
As for when the believer prays and the believing woman prays, but they are lax in some of the fasting, then it must be made up; because leaving the fast is not apostasy from Islam, but it is a major sin. So if a woman or a man leaves making up the fast, it is obligatory for him to repent to Allah and make up the fast. In addition to that, he must feed a poor person for every day if the making up is delayed until after the Ramadan following the one in which he left it. In that case, he makes up the fast and feeds a poor person for every day half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the staple food of the country, which is approximately one and a half kilograms by weight, along with the fasting and repentance to Allah . A group of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) issued a ruling that feeding is an expiation and a discretionary punishment for the one who delays making up his fast. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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