Dear Brother, Q1. I prayed only occasionally until about 40 years of age. I have now been very regular for the last 10 years. Is it possible for me to compensate for that by adding Qazza salats with my daily five-times prayers? Q2. I did not fast for about 20 years because I was actively flying fighter aircraft and the regulations do not permit fasting. While my wife fed people to compensate for that, I am not fully satisfied. Tell me if and how I can compensate.
Prayers missed compensation
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Your comment: I
prayed only occasionally until about 40 years of age. I have now been very regular
for the last 10 years. Is it possible for me to compensate for that by
adding Qazza salats with my
daily five-times prayers?
May Allah Subhanah
bless and honor you and us all to worship him in obedience and humility until
we meet with our appointment of death.
Our Lord is Oft Forgiving, Most
Merciful. Allah Subhanah
forgives everything when one does sincere Taubah and
turns in repentance to Him. If you have
done sincerely Taubah and repentance, which is
evident from the fact that you have been praying regularly now for 10 years; it
is expected that Allah will be Merciful and forgive the deeds we did in our
ignorance.
It you still want to compensate
for the missed prayers, you could increase your voluntary or ‘nafl’ prayers which one prays after the obligatory
prayers. If Allah Wills,
they should compensate for the missed prayers.
Your comment: I
did not fast for about 20 years because I was actively flying fighter aircraft and the regulations
do not permit fasting. While my wife fed people to compensate for that, I
am not fully satisfied. Tell me if and how I can compensate.
Brother, if you have turned to
Allah in sincere repentance and Taubah, then Insha Allah, you will find Allah Most Merciful and Very
Forgiving. Taubah
or sincere repentance is a deed, that completely wipes
out all our evil deeds done in the past, provided we make a solemn covenant
with Allah that we will try our best to abide by His commandments in the
future.
If you still want to compensate
for the missed fasts, then you could increase the voluntary fasts other the
obligatory fasts of Ramadan. If Allah Wills, they should compensate for the missed fasts of all
those years.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:(O Prophet)
say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s
Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all
sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving,
All Merciful. Return to your Lord and
submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you; for then you may get no help
from anywhere.”
Our Lord is Merciful and Forgiving,
and He loves nothing more than one amongst His slaves who turns to Him in
sincere repentance and Taubah. May Allah accept yours and our repentance
and Taubah, and make us of those who never ever
despair of the Mercy of our Merciful Lord.
From Allah we have come, in Him
we have believed, to Him we worship in hope and in fear, to Him we ask for
forgiveness, and to Him is our ultimate return!
The only sin that Allah does not
forgive is the heinous sin of ‘shirk’; and we are commanded in the Holy Quran to always stay clear of this heinous, horrible,
monstrous and unforgivable sin!
Allah says in the Quran: Chapter 4 Surah An-Nisa Verse 48:Shirk (associating
other deities with Allah) is the only sin that Allah does not forgive, and He
forgives, whomsoever He pleases, sins other than this. For whosoever associates any other partner
with Allah, does indeed forge a big lie and commits the most heinous sin
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 72:Whoever
commits ‘shirk’ (invoking anything with Allah), Allah shall forbid for him
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumar verse 65-66:If you commit
‘shirk’ all your works will be rendered vain and you will be among the
losers. Therefore, you should worship
Allah Alone, and be among His grateful servants.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister