Prayer: Unable to Make Up Years of Missed Obligations After Repentance: What’s the Ruling?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Unable to Make Up Years of Missed Obligations After Repentance: What’s the Ruling?

English:

Question #534:

Due to misguiding propaganda of communists, some people did not perform their prayers and other obligatory duties for some years. But, after reading Imam Khomeini’s letter to the leaders of the USSR, they repented. Now they are not able to make up for their missed obligations. What is the rule regarding them?

Answer #534:

It is obligatory for them to make up for the missed obligatory prayers and fasts as much as possible and to make a will for those whose qaḍā’ they are not able to perform.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer