The ruling on one who prays without ablution intentionally
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, is the one who prays without ablution, knowing that leaving off the ablution invalidates the prayer, considered a disbeliever or not? And what are your instructions for one who does that or plays with the prayer?
Answer:
It is not permissible. If he does it intentionally, if he prays without ablution intentionally, he is one who abandons the prayer. And the one who abandons the prayer intentionally commits disbelief, as in the hadith:Sunan Ibn Majah 1078Sahih (Darussalam) So the one who prays without ablution intentionally is one who intentionally abandons the prayer, and the one who intentionally abandons the prayer is a disbeliever. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, is the one who prays without ablution, knowing that leaving off the ablution invalidates the prayer, considered a disbeliever or not? And what are your instructions for one who does that or plays with the prayer?
Answer:
It is not permissible. If he does it intentionally, if he prays without ablution intentionally, he is one who abandons the prayer. And the one who abandons the prayer intentionally commits disbelief, as in the hadith:
Between a person and Kufr (disbelief) is abandoning the prayer.
بين العبد وبين الكفر ترك الصلاة
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-030-الشباب والاستهزاء بالدين|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (48:59)
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