Is the prayer left intentionally made up?
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Question:
I was a reckless youth during my youth, so I left the prayer for six months. Allah granted me guidance and steadfastness, and I have been maintaining the prayers at their times. Do I make up the prayers I left at the beginning of my life, and are the prayers made up?
Answer:
Answer: The correct and stronger position is that the prayer left intentionally is not made up. Rather, the person repents and maintains the prayer in the rest of his life. The one that is made up is the one missed due to forgetfulness or sleep. This is what is made up: “Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers it. There is no expiation for it except that.” He did not mention the one who intentionally left it.
I was a reckless youth during my youth, so I left the prayer for six months. Allah granted me guidance and steadfastness, and I have been maintaining the prayers at their times. Do I make up the prayers I left at the beginning of my life, and are the prayers made up?
Answer:
Answer: The correct and stronger position is that the prayer left intentionally is not made up. Rather, the person repents and maintains the prayer in the rest of his life. The one that is made up is the one missed due to forgetfulness or sleep. This is what is made up: “Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers it. There is no expiation for it except that.” He did not mention the one who intentionally left it.
Source
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