Leaving the voluntary prayers and restricting oneself to the obligatory ones
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Question:
A person says that he prays the obligatory prayers in the mosque, but he leaves the regular voluntary prayers, the night prayer, and the Duha prayer.
Answer:
This is a deprivation. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has provided him with a means of acquiring good. The obligatory prayers are sufficient if he performs them in the required manner; they are sufficient. However, there may be defects or shortcomings in them that need to be completed. From where does he complete them? He completes them with the voluntary prayers. Also, even if the obligatory prayers are complete, the voluntary prayers contain good, an increase in good, and an increase in reward. Whoever turns away from them turns away from the reward and the recompense.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
A person says that he prays the obligatory prayers in the mosque, but he leaves the regular voluntary prayers, the night prayer, and the Duha prayer.
Answer:
This is a deprivation. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has provided him with a means of acquiring good. The obligatory prayers are sufficient if he performs them in the required manner; they are sufficient. However, there may be defects or shortcomings in them that need to be completed. From where does he complete them? He completes them with the voluntary prayers. Also, even if the obligatory prayers are complete, the voluntary prayers contain good, an increase in good, and an increase in reward. Whoever turns away from them turns away from the reward and the recompense.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/202 — archive.org (7:50)
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