Advice for the One Who Abandons Prayer
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Question:
The questioner says: My brother is married and has four children, but he does not pray. Is there a good sermon or advice that would guide him to good?
Answer:
He does not pray with the congregation; this is abandoning an obligatory duty, and he has committed a forbidden act. He must repent to Allah. His prayer is valid, but as stated in the hadith, his prayer with the congregation is counted as twenty-seven prayers, and this is multiplied for him. However, if he does not pray in the sense that he abandons prayer entirely, he is considered to be outside the religion of Islam and is considered a disbeliever. Whoever intentionally abandons prayer until its time has passed is considered a disbeliever, so he must repent to Allah and maintain the prayer.
The questioner says: My brother is married and has four children, but he does not pray. Is there a good sermon or advice that would guide him to good?
Answer:
He does not pray with the congregation; this is abandoning an obligatory duty, and he has committed a forbidden act. He must repent to Allah. His prayer is valid, but as stated in the hadith, his prayer with the congregation is counted as twenty-seven prayers, and this is multiplied for him. However, if he does not pray in the sense that he abandons prayer entirely, he is considered to be outside the religion of Islam and is considered a disbeliever. Whoever intentionally abandons prayer until its time has passed is considered a disbeliever, so he must repent to Allah and maintain the prayer.
Source
لقاء مفتوح 20-09-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (34:14)
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