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She says that she had not been practicing Islam for many years and she did not pray regularly

and now she has repented to Allah and she is now asking what is to be done with regards to all of the years of Salah that she has not prayed.

Now this is the quick Q&A and so I am not going to go into a lot of detail. In reality this question easily deserves and maybe a longer time I will answer both sides and evidences.

Obviously you can understand there are two opinions about this issue. First one says you know she must repeat to the best of her capability and the second one says that once it is gone it is gone and I will say that if she is able to repeat repeat if you are able to do so do so and if you are not if you are really if there are so many years and it is simply not something that is feasible then follow the other opinion which says that repent to Allah a sincere repentance which means you must feel a sense of regret and remorse and you must increase

your is there far and you must repent internally and externally internally from your heart and externally from the tongue and you must increase your good deeds of all genres of Sadaka and of taking care of the poor and of feeding the hungry and of generally changing a lifestyle that indicates that you feel that you have missed a lot of good in your previous years and repent to Allah by especially doing extra nephil and extra sunnas and then inshaAllah

that will be a sufficient if you like means of recompense and this is of course the second opinion there are two opinions and as for the evidences and what not maybe another time I will give a longer and lengthier lecture about who said what and what are the evidences in either case both of these positions are really valid in the sense that both have been held by major scholars and whichever you are able to do.

Obviously if you're able to do and make them up obviously you get out of the Khilaf and even that group would say you should still repent to Allah because you made a mistake and do all of the other things that I have mentioned and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knows best.