How does one who used to leave off prayer sometimes make up for it?
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Question:
They are asking about a person who used to pray, but he would sometimes leave off prayer and sometimes continue with it. However, he is now—praise and thanks be to Allah—consistent with prayer and regular in it. Does he have to make up the prayers he missed from those times, or is repentance sufficient for him?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Repentance is sufficient for him, and praise be to Allah, and he does not have to make up the missed prayers; because of the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He): [Al-Anfal: 38] and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 4250Da’if (Darussalam).
Leaving off prayer is disbelief, and repentance wipes that away and erases that, praise be to Allah, if he repents with sincere repentance, with regret for the past, with maintaining the prayer, and with a sincere resolve not to return to it, then Allah forgives him... he does not have to make up the missed prayers.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
They are asking about a person who used to pray, but he would sometimes leave off prayer and sometimes continue with it. However, he is now—praise and thanks be to Allah—consistent with prayer and regular in it. Does he have to make up the prayers he missed from those times, or is repentance sufficient for him?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Repentance is sufficient for him, and praise be to Allah, and he does not have to make up the missed prayers; because of the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He):
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 سَلَفَRepentance wipes out what came before it
التوبة تجب ما قبلهاThe one who repents from sin is like one who did not sin.
التائب من الذنب كمن لا ذنب لهLeaving off prayer is disbelief, and repentance wipes that away and erases that, praise be to Allah, if he repents with sincere repentance, with regret for the past, with maintaining the prayer, and with a sincere resolve not to return to it, then Allah forgives him... he does not have to make up the missed prayers.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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