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Missed prayers before apostasy

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Assalamu Alaikum, my query was that, if a person apostasized from Islam and then reentered the faith, does he have to makeup the prayers he missed before apostasy? Please answer as soon as possible.

Answer

Wa’alaykum as Salām wa rahmatullāhi wa barakātuhu,

Those prayers that one missed as a Muslim will have to be made up for, irrespective of whether they were missed before apostasy or after.

However, those prayers which were missed during the state of apostasy will not have to be made up for.

May Allāh keep us and the entire Ummah steadfast on Imān and Islām and protect our faith.

And Allaah Ta’aala knows best

Wassalaam,

Ismail Moosa (Mufti)

References

وَمِنْهَا بَقَاءُ الْمَعْصِيَةِ مع الرِّدَّةِ وَلِذَا قال في الْخَانِيَّةِ إذَا كان على الْمُرْتَدِّ قَضَاءُ صَلَوَاتٍ أو صِيَامَاتٍ تَرَكَهَا في الْإِسْلَامِ ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ قال شَمْسُ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْحَلْوَانِيُّ عليه قَضَاءُ ما تَرَكَ في الْإِسْلَامِ لِأَنَّ تَرْكَ الصَّلَاةِ وَالصِّيَامِ مَعْصِيَةٌ وَالْمَعْصِيَةُ تَبْقَى بَعْدَ الرِّدَّةِ اه

وَمِنْهَا أَنَّهُ لَا يَجِبُ عليه شَيْءٌ من الْعِبَادَاتِ عِنْدَنَا لِعَدَمِ خِطَابِ الْكُفَّارِ بِالشَّرَائِعِ عِنْدَنَا فَلَا يَقْضِي ما فَاتَهُ زَمَنَ رِدَّتِهِ بَعْدَ إسْلَامِهِ

(البحر الرائق 5/137)

(ويقضي ما ترك من عبادة في الإسلام ) لأن ترك الصلاة والصيام معصية والمعصية تبقى بعد الردة (رد المحتار 16/338)

حالت اسلام میں جو کفارہ لازم ہے، ارتداد سے اس کے سقوط میں اختلاف ہے، محققین کے نزدیک ساقط نہیں ہوتا، پس تجدید اسلام کے بعد کفارہ لازم ہوگا۔ (فتاوی محمودیہ 2/580)

This answer was collected from Fatwaa.com which is an excellent Q&A site managed by Mufti Ismail Moosa from South Africa. .

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