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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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In the hadith of 'Ubadah regarding the one who abandons prayer [if He wills, He will punish him, and if He wills, He will forgive him], does this not indicate that the one who abandons prayer is not a disbeliever?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Does not the hadith of 'Ubadah indicate that the one who abandons prayer out of laziness is not a disbeliever? Because in the hadith it says:
If He wills, He will punish him, and if He wills, He will forgive him.إن شاء عذبه، وإن شاء غفر له؟
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5002Sahih (Darussalam)


Answer:
He did not abandon it. The hadith does not say that he abandoned it. In the hadith it says:
He did not maintain itلم يحافظ عليها
My brother, he did not maintain its time; he prays at other times. He did not maintain the congregational prayer; he prays alone. So he did not maintain it. It did not say that he abandoned it. It says he did not maintain it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [399 -3022] في حديث عبادة عن تارك الصلاة[إن شاء عذبه وإن شاء غفر له]ألا يدل على عدم كفر تارك الصلاة؟ — youtube.com

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