A man who displays signs of righteousness does not pray the Fajr prayer until ten in the morning..!

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I have a colleague in my room who displays signs of prayer, but throughout the year he does not pray the Fajr prayer until ten in the morning. He argues that he stays up late until two in the morning and wakes up at ten in the morning. What is the ruling on his action?

Answer:
He displays signs of righteousness, yet he does not pray. Where is the righteousness? The righteousness is the one who prays with the congregation in the mosque. He prays the Fajr prayer with the congregation in the mosque. This is the one who has righteousness. As for the one who delays the prayer beyond its time without a valid religious excuse and intentionally does so, and sleeps, this is not one of the people of righteousness. We ask Allah for safety. So he must repent to Allah the Exalted and hasten to repent. And he must maintain the prayer in its time with the congregation. Yes.