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Is it obligatory to make up prayers for one who abandoned them, knowing that he did not abandon them out of hatred or denial, and he doubted his accountability at the time, but it has now become clear to him that he was accountable?

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The sign of puberty for a male is one of three things: the emission of semen with desire, or the growth of coarse hair around the private parts (pubic hair), or reaching fifteen lunar years of age. If a man reaches puberty by any of these signs, he is held accountable [for religious duties] and must make up the prayers he missed; otherwise, he is not obliged to make them up. Mere thinking about women is not a sign of puberty. It is advisable to turn away from thoughts that incite lust.

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