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People who only pray in Ramadan: What is the ruling on this in Islam?

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Question:
What is the ruling on one who fasts but does not pray, given that there are people who only pray in Ramadan? What is the ruling on this in Islam? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If one fasts but does not pray, his fasting is not valid, and all his deeds are not valid except after.
Establishing the oneness of Allah, establishing the prayer, and performing the pillars of Islam, which are the pillars upon which the religion stands. They are five pillars:
the testimony of La Ilaha Illallah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of the Salat, giving the Zakat, fasting (the month of) Ramadan, and performing Hajjشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة وصوم رمضان وحج
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2609Sahih (Darussalam)
the Sacred House of Allah. These are the pillars of Islam upon which it stands. So if one neglects the first pillar, which is the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and approaches something of major shirk (associating partners with Allah), then all his deeds are not valid until he acts in accordance with "There is no god but Allah," which is singling out Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) for worship and leaving the worship of anything other than Him. Likewise, establishing the prayer, because the prayer is the pillar of Islam and it is the first thing for which the servant will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection from his deeds. If it is accepted, the rest of his deeds are accepted; and if it is rejected, the rest of his deeds are rejected. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The head of the matter is Islam, and its pillar is the Salat, and its hump is Jihadرَأْسُ الأَمْرِ الإِسْلاَمُ وَعَمُودُهُ الصَّلاَةُ وَذِرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ الْجِهَادُ في سبيل الله
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2616Hasan (Darussalam)
So he made the prayer the pillar of Islam. It is known that a house does not stand except on a pillar; likewise, Islam does not stand except on a pillar, which is the prayer. Whoever abandons the prayer, his Islam does not stand. This is in addition to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Between the servant and disbelief and shirk is the abandonment of the prayer." And his saying:
as saying, “The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become an infidel.”صلى الله عليه وسلم العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفر
Mishkat al-Masabih 574
So, whoever abandons the prayer while denying its obligation is a disbeliever by the consensus of the Muslims; because he is a denier of Allah and His Messenger, and a denier of what is known from the religion by necessity. But if he acknowledges its obligation and denies it out of laziness, then he is a disbeliever with major disbelief according to the correct opinion, based on the evidence we have heard and others. He is a disbeliever in a way that takes him out of the religion, and consequently, his fasting, Hajj, or any act of worship is not valid from him. So this person who used to fast but did not pray, his fasting is not valid. His prayer on Friday is not sufficient; because the prayers are daily, five daily prayers in the day and night, not limited to the Friday prayer. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أُناس يُصلون فقط في رمضان، ما حكم ذلكم في الإسلام؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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