The ruling on the Hajj of one who abandons the prayer

Question:
This brother, the questioner, who used the letter F as a symbol for his name, says: I am approaching forty years of age, and I pray at times and abandon it at other times. And I have, if Allah wills, resolved to be consistent with the prayer. I want to perform Hajj this year. What is the ruling, Honorable Shaykh, on my Hajj, if Allah wills, especially since regarding the past prayers, I would pray for a period and then abandon them for a period.

Answer:
You must repent to Allah and maintain the prayers for the rest of your life. As for what has passed while you were intentionally abandoning the prayer, repentance is sufficient according to the correct opinion. However, it must be sincere repentance, one of whose conditions is persistence and not returning to abandoning the prayer. So you must repent to Allah. If you repent to Allah with a valid repentance and maintain the prayers, then you may perform Hajj. But before you repent, while you are abandoning the prayer, your Hajj is not valid. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.