The Ruling on the Fasting of One Who Does Not Pray
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The questioner:
Some people say that they fast but do not pray, and they ask, "Why do you look into the matter of fasting?"
The Shaykh:
If they fast but do not pray, their fasting is invalid, and all their deeds are invalid, may Allah protect us from that.
The questioner:
They are to be dealt with by force and confinement.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for those who abandon prayer to repent to Allah. If they repent to Allah, submit, and enter Islam anew, then it becomes obligatory for them to pay the alms given at the end of Ramadan, and it becomes obligatory for them to fast and fulfill the other obligations. Yes.
Some people say that they fast but do not pray, and they ask, "Why do you look into the matter of fasting?"
The Shaykh:
If they fast but do not pray, their fasting is invalid, and all their deeds are invalid, may Allah protect us from that.
The questioner:
They are to be dealt with by force and confinement.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for those who abandon prayer to repent to Allah. If they repent to Allah, submit, and enter Islam anew, then it becomes obligatory for them to pay the alms given at the end of Ramadan, and it becomes obligatory for them to fast and fulfill the other obligations. Yes.
Source
من صام وهو لا يصلي — alfawzan.live
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