Does the Hajj of one who does not pray count as valid?

Question : Does the Hajj of one who does not pray count as valid?

Answer : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. If a person performs Hajj while not praying, his Hajj is not valid, because one who does not pray is a disbeliever and an apostate, may Allah protect us from that. He must first return to Islam and pray, and then perform Hajj. As for remaining in a state of not praying and then performing Hajj, his Hajj is not accepted. I say to him that entering the Haram, meaning the boundaries of the Haram in Makkah, is forbidden for him, and he commits a sin by doing so, based on the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: It is also established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: But I hope that Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, will not find this among the Muslims. May the Muslims be those who establish the prayer, pay the zakah, and obey Allah and His Messenger.