The ruling on a relative who does not pray despite being advised
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Question:
This is a message received from Algiers from the sister (J.B.). She says in this question: A woman is fifty years old and has never prayed in her entire life, not even up to this day. She has also never made up the days of Ramadan she missed during menstruation. What is obligatory for her to do if she wants to repent? Does she have to fast for all those years of Ramadan that she missed during menstruation and did not make up, given that she was not praying and still is not praying until now? This woman is a relative of my mother and also our neighbor. How should we advise her to repent to Allah? We have advised her several times without success. We advised her gently and in the best manner. Are we free from responsibility for her if she does not repent? May you be rewarded for guiding her.
Answer:
It is obligatory to advise her and inform her that if she repents, Allah will accept her repentance. She must repent for what has passed. The fasting and the prayers of the past are dropped from her. She must offer sincere repentance with regret for what has passed, abandoning it, and resolving not to return to it, along with supplicating to Allah and asking Him to accept her repentance. She must pray and fast after repenting, except during the time of menstruation, for Allah has dropped the prayer from her. If menstruation comes, there is no prayer upon her. If menstruation comes during Ramadan, she breaks her fast and makes it up.
It is obligatory to inform her, guide her, and advise her. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Allah the Glorious and Exalted says: [Al-Tahrim: 8]. And the Glorious and Exalted says in His noble Book: [Al-Nur: 31]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 4250Da’if (Darussalam). If she repents, Allah will pardon her. She has no obligation to make up either the prayers or the fasting. She only has to repent, and there is no making up for her. She must strive in the future to maintain the prayers and fasting.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you.
This is a message received from Algiers from the sister (J.B.). She says in this question: A woman is fifty years old and has never prayed in her entire life, not even up to this day. She has also never made up the days of Ramadan she missed during menstruation. What is obligatory for her to do if she wants to repent? Does she have to fast for all those years of Ramadan that she missed during menstruation and did not make up, given that she was not praying and still is not praying until now? This woman is a relative of my mother and also our neighbor. How should we advise her to repent to Allah? We have advised her several times without success. We advised her gently and in the best manner. Are we free from responsibility for her if she does not repent? May you be rewarded for guiding her.
Answer:
It is obligatory to advise her and inform her that if she repents, Allah will accept her repentance. She must repent for what has passed. The fasting and the prayers of the past are dropped from her. She must offer sincere repentance with regret for what has passed, abandoning it, and resolving not to return to it, along with supplicating to Allah and asking Him to accept her repentance. She must pray and fast after repenting, except during the time of menstruation, for Allah has dropped the prayer from her. If menstruation comes, there is no prayer upon her. If menstruation comes during Ramadan, she breaks her fast and makes it up.
It is obligatory to inform her, guide her, and advise her. Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Allah the Glorious and Exalted says:
O you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحًاAnd 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 لهThe presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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