The Argument for Fighting the Group That Refuses to Perform the Regular Voluntary Prayers

The questioner : Shaykh, is your position that one should fight the group until they see the regular voluntary prayers? Yes.

The Shaykh : We did not say that. There are two opinions on this matter. We stated the argument for that, meaning the argument for fighting is that the Sunnah would be extinguished, unlike if one person among the people left it off.

The questioner : And the criterion for the Sunnah, is it the obligatory acts or the regular voluntary prayers?

The Shaykh : The regular voluntary prayers are not obligatory; the regular voluntary prayers are a Sunnah. As for the obligatory acts, as the Shaykh said, there is consensus that they should be fought. If they said, for example, "We do not pray in the mosques," they would be fought until they pray in the mosques.