The Meaning of the Non-Acceptance of Prayer
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Does he pray, or does he pray in prostration?
The Shaykh : I mean, it is as if you are asking what the meaning of non-acceptance is: does it mean that his obligation is not discharged, or not? We say that his obligation is not discharged, but the reward for it is nullified by going to the fortune-teller. Otherwise, his obligation is discharged, because the negation of acceptance is either due to the presence of a corrupting factor or the loss of a condition. If it is due to the presence of a corrupting factor or the loss of a condition, then the negation of acceptance is a negation of validity. It is a negation of validity. But if it is not due to either of these, then the negation of acceptance is a negation of the reward obtained by performing the prayer. In that case, the sin attached to the act of seeking acceptance becomes equal to the reward of this prayer, and it nullifies it.
The questioner : I mean, the prayer is still obligatory upon him. I mean, it harms people to think that the prayer is in the forty [days].
The Shaykh : No, no, no, no, he is not required to pray, but as I said.
The Shaykh : I mean, it is as if you are asking what the meaning of non-acceptance is: does it mean that his obligation is not discharged, or not? We say that his obligation is not discharged, but the reward for it is nullified by going to the fortune-teller. Otherwise, his obligation is discharged, because the negation of acceptance is either due to the presence of a corrupting factor or the loss of a condition. If it is due to the presence of a corrupting factor or the loss of a condition, then the negation of acceptance is a negation of validity. It is a negation of validity. But if it is not due to either of these, then the negation of acceptance is a negation of the reward obtained by performing the prayer. In that case, the sin attached to the act of seeking acceptance becomes equal to the reward of this prayer, and it nullifies it.
The questioner : I mean, the prayer is still obligatory upon him. I mean, it harms people to think that the prayer is in the forty [days].
The Shaykh : No, no, no, no, he is not required to pray, but as I said.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 4587 - 4600 ما معنى لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين يوماً هل نقول له صل وصلاتك لا تجزئ ولا...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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