Will my sins be forgiven if I pray at the mosque for the whole of Ramadan?
Because I'm 14 and I want to pray but I'm too last. I'd pray for a few months then not be able to, I think it's the satan. I am really gunna start praying now, though and I won't stop, but I want my sins forgiven for my previous salat so if I wait till Ramadan and pray at the mosque every night. Will my sins be forgiven, because that's what it reads on the islamic book I'm reading.
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Salam Sister!!!
Firstly You didn't Mention your Question Clear...
I think you are New Muslim, or New to learn about Islam, and also you are to young
You may learn about Islam, and about your question.. Allah Almighty will Forgive All sins as:
http://www.islamawareness.net/Repentance/repentance.html
Salat is a proper Worship of Allah Almight and must be Performed 5 times a day regularly
Continue to learn about Islam and Be happy 🙂
Jazzak Allah
With regard to missing prayers, one of the following two scenarios must apply:
1 – When you miss a prayer unintentionally, for a legitimate shar’i excuse, such as forgetting or sleeping, although you are basically very keen to perform the prayer on time. In this case you are excused but you have to make it up as soon as you remember it. The evidence for that is the hadeeth narrated in Saheeh Muslim (681) which tells how the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his companions slept and missed Fajr prayer, and the Sahaabah began to ask one another, “What is the expiation (kafaarah) for what we have done by neglecting the prayer?” The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said. “Sleeping does not mean that you are neglecting the prayer. Rather neglecting the prayer means not praying one prayer until the time for the next prayer comes. Whoever does that let him pray when he remembers it.”
This does not mean that a person should sleep deliberately when a prayer is due, until he misses it, then use sleep as an excuse, or neglect a means that would help him to do the prayer, and then take that as an excuse. Rather he must make use of all the means he can, as the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did in this case, when he appointed one person to stay awake and wake them up to pray, but that person was overcome by drowsiness, so he did not wake them up. This is the case in which a person may be excused.
2 – When you miss a prayer deliberately. This is a major sin, and it is so serious that some of the scholars stated that the one who does this is a kaafir. (as it says in Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Samaahat al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 10/374).
The one who does this has to repent sincerely, according to scholarly consensus. With regard to making up the prayer, there was a difference of opinion among the scholars as to whether or not it would be accepted from him if he makes it up afterwards. Most of the scholars said that he should make it up and that his prayer is valid, although he is a sinner (i.e., if he does not repent – and Allaah knows best), as Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthyameen quoted from them in al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 2/89.
The view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) is that it is not valid, and that it is not prescribed for him to make it up. He said in al-Ikhtiyaaraat (34): “It is not prescribed for the one who misses a prayer deliberately to make it up, and the prayer, if he makes it up, is not valid; rather he should do a lot of voluntary (naafil) prayers. This is the view of a group among the Salaf.”
One of the contemporary scholars who regarded this view as more correct is Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him); he quoted as evidence for that the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Whoever does an action that is not in accordance with this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), will have it rejected.” (Agreed upon).
So you must beware of this and strive to perform all the prayers on time, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, As‑Salaah (the prayer) is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours”
[al-Nisa’ 4:103]
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May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, his family and Companions!
Assalamualaikum Muslimah,
When you have missed an obligatory prayer, you should do do it. But you can not do prayers that you missed last week 🙂
For whatever you missed in the past, seek Allah's Forgiveness. Allah Ordained that prayers be done in their time, when we deliberately miss them, we should remember that He Is not in need of any of our deeds to the least extent. (as I have read from scholars). Do tawbah...This will include offering all the 5 daily prayers from now on and trying hard not to miss them.
Do not make obligatory on yourself what is not obligatory. Night prayer in Ramadan is not obligatory but preferrred highly, because according to a hadith, whoever stands in prayer during the night of Ramadan with Imaan and hope, all his sins will be forgiven.
Narrated Abu Hurairah ﺭَﺿِﻲَ اﻟﻠﻪُ ﻋَﻨْﻪُ : Allâh's Messenger ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ said, ``Whoever performed Salât (prayers) at night in the month of Ramadân with sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allâh, then all his past sins will be forgiven.'' (Bukhari)
So you can hope based on this hadith that Allah Forgives your sins and also do tawbah without any exception. May Allah Forgive you.
Abu Abdul Bari
IslamicAnswers.com Editor