The Intended Meaning of Abandoning Prayer in the Hadith of the Covenant
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The questioner:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I have read a lot on your website where you state and hold the stronger position that the one who abandons prayer out of laziness is a disbeliever, based on the hadith of the covenant between us and them, which is prayer, so whoever abandons it has committed disbelief. His question is: What is the intended meaning of abandoning? Is the intention that he abandons prayer completely, or is it that the one who abandons a single prayer until its time has passed intentionally commits disbelief? What is meant by abandoning?
The Shaykh:
The intended meaning of abandoning is the non-performance of the act. So if the time for prayer comes and he does not pray, whether with the congregation or even alone, and if he does this intentionally, he commits disbelief. He must repent to Allah the Exalted and return to his religion. He must hold fast to his prayer and the rulings of his religion.
The questioner:
If, may Allah grant you success, one abandons a single prayer intentionally.
The Shaykh:
Until its time has passed.
The presenter:
Yes.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I have read a lot on your website where you state and hold the stronger position that the one who abandons prayer out of laziness is a disbeliever, based on the hadith of the covenant between us and them, which is prayer, so whoever abandons it has committed disbelief. His question is: What is the intended meaning of abandoning? Is the intention that he abandons prayer completely, or is it that the one who abandons a single prayer until its time has passed intentionally commits disbelief? What is meant by abandoning?
The Shaykh:
The intended meaning of abandoning is the non-performance of the act. So if the time for prayer comes and he does not pray, whether with the congregation or even alone, and if he does this intentionally, he commits disbelief. He must repent to Allah the Exalted and return to his religion. He must hold fast to his prayer and the rulings of his religion.
The questioner:
If, may Allah grant you success, one abandons a single prayer intentionally.
The Shaykh:
Until its time has passed.
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
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