Dealing with those who claim to be Muslim but abandon the prayer
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: In our country, there are many who claim to be Muslim but they do not pray,
The Shaykh:
they do not pray.
The questioner:
Yes, they do not perform the prayer, so how do we deal with them, especially since we hold that the one who abandons the prayer is a disbeliever?
The Shaykh:
Perhaps they are ignorant, or… So explain to them, explain to them that the prayer is obligatory upon them and that it is a pillar of Islam. Explain this to them. If they persist in abandoning the prayer deliberately after the explanation, they are disbelievers. Deal with them as you deal with disbelievers, because they have no excuse. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: In our country, there are many who claim to be Muslim but they do not pray,
The Shaykh:
they do not pray.
The questioner:
Yes, they do not perform the prayer, so how do we deal with them, especially since we hold that the one who abandons the prayer is a disbeliever?
The Shaykh:
Perhaps they are ignorant, or… So explain to them, explain to them that the prayer is obligatory upon them and that it is a pillar of Islam. Explain this to them. If they persist in abandoning the prayer deliberately after the explanation, they are disbelievers. Deal with them as you deal with disbelievers, because they have no excuse. Yes.
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 28-03-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:01:06)
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