The ruling on one who interrupts his prayer and abandons it intentionally

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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I am inconsistent in my prayer; I pray for a period of time and then I stop.

Answer:
Your prayer that you performed is not valid if you intentionally abandoned some of the obligatory prayers. It is obligatory for you to repent to Allah the Exalted. It is not permissible to abandon prayer intentionally, as that takes one out of Islam. You must repent to Allah anew and maintain your prayer anew, maintaining it always and forever. And

Those who are constant in their prayer

الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ

[Al-Ma'arij 70:23]

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

[Al-Ma'arij 70:34]

. It is obligatory for you to maintain and be consistent in your prayer, and not to leave any of it, meaning the obligatory prayers, the five prayers. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Whoever forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers it. There is no expiation for it except that.

من نسي صلاة أو نام عنها فليصلها إذا ذكرها، لا كفارة لها إلا ذلك،

Sunan ad-Darimi 2:45

This applies to the one who forgets or sleeps through it. As for the one who does it intentionally, he must repent to Allah the Exalted and enter Islam anew. Abandoning the obligatory prayer intentionally is disbelief that takes one out of the religion. Yes.

Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/072 — archive.org (12:21)

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