The ruling on the one who abandons prayer and what must be done with him
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions. There is no problem with the one who does not pray. He said (peace and blessings be upon him). And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam). But the Book and the Sunnah indicate the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer in many places.
It is not sufficient that this one who does not pray is merely transferred; rather, he must be removed from his positions. In fact, he must be killed if he does not repent to Allah and maintain the prayer. If he repents, and if he refuses, and if you do what you did with him, this is what is obligatory for you by way of advice: reminding him of Allah. If he does not accept and persists in abandoning the prayer, then he must be killed. It is not sufficient that he is merely dismissed from his job. The default is that his appointment is for a purpose, so it is not permissible to appoint a disbeliever to the affairs of the Muslims, because he would be a role model for others. Yes.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions. There is no problem with the one who does not pray. He said (peace and blessings be upon him)
Between the servant and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is abandoning prayer
بين العبد وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
الْعَهْدُ الَّذِي بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمُ الصَّلاَةُ فَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا فَقَدْ كَفَرَIt is not sufficient that this one who does not pray is merely transferred; rather, he must be removed from his positions. In fact, he must be killed if he does not repent to Allah and maintain the prayer. If he repents, and if he refuses, and if you do what you did with him, this is what is obligatory for you by way of advice: reminding him of Allah. If he does not accept and persists in abandoning the prayer, then he must be killed. It is not sufficient that he is merely dismissed from his job. The default is that his appointment is for a purpose, so it is not permissible to appoint a disbeliever to the affairs of the Muslims, because he would be a role model for others. Yes.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 22 — archive.org (0:07)
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