The ruling on one who intentionally sleeps through the Fajr prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: There is a brother who is upright upon the Shari'ah of Allah, and we consider him so, and Allah is his accountant, but he falls into some sins, including masturbation. He also sleeps through the Fajr prayer. When we advised him, he said, "I do not commit major sins, and if I sleep through the prayer, I am excused." How should we deal with him? Should we boycott him, or should we continue advising him?
Answer:
The one who intentionally delays the Fajr prayer until its time has passed and sleeps through it, leaving it, is in great danger. He is in great danger. His prayer is not valid if he intentionally takes it out of its time; it is not valid. This is because the prayer, as Allah the Exalted said,[An-Nisa 4:103], is time-bound, meaning it has specific times from which one does not step out except due to sleep or forgetfulness. Yes.
This questioner says: There is a brother who is upright upon the Shari'ah of Allah, and we consider him so, and Allah is his accountant, but he falls into some sins, including masturbation. He also sleeps through the Fajr prayer. When we advised him, he said, "I do not commit major sins, and if I sleep through the prayer, I am excused." How should we deal with him? Should we boycott him, or should we continue advising him?
Answer:
The one who intentionally delays the Fajr prayer until its time has passed and sleeps through it, leaving it, is in great danger. He is in great danger. His prayer is not valid if he intentionally takes it out of its time; it is not valid. This is because the prayer, as Allah the Exalted said,
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا
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اللقاء الثاني بمشعر منى 08-12-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (19:34)
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