What is the ruling on the verses and hadiths of warning?

The questioner : Yes, even the hadiths of warning and the verses of warning that are authentic are to be taken at their apparent meaning, but they are qualified. They are among the causes, meaning that if a warning of the Fire comes, it is one of the causes of eternal abode in the Fire or one of the causes of a specific punishment. However, there may be obstacles. It is not problematic if we interpret the action as the prayer itself and say that whoever misses it at its time, it will not benefit him. But the problem is if we make a single action an addition, making it encompass every action. This means that if we weigh his actions on that day and his good deeds against abandoning the 'Asr prayer, abandoning the 'Asr prayer becomes a greater sin than the good deeds he gained on that day. It would be as if his deeds were nullified, because this sin encompassed the good deeds, as if they were wiped out. Not specifically the 'Asr prayer.

The Shaykh : It is restricted; it is among the causes, meaning that when the warning of the Fire comes, this is among the causes of eternal abode in the Fire or among the causes of a specific punishment. However, there may be obstacles. It is not problematic if we interpret the deed as the prayer itself and say that whoever misses it outside its time, it will not benefit him. But the problem is if we make a single, specific deed encompassing every deed. This means that if we weigh his deeds on that day and his good deeds against abandoning the 'Asr prayer, abandoning the 'Asr prayer becomes a greater sin than the good deeds he attained on that day. It would be as if his deeds were nullified, because this sin encompassed the good deeds, as if they were wiped out. It is not specifically the 'Asr prayer.

The questioner : What prevents interpreting the hadith at its apparent meaning, where the nullification of deeds is either by disbelief or by abandoning the 'Asr prayer?

The Shaykh : It means that whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer is a disbeliever.

The questioner : No, we say that he guards his eyes, but that is not sufficient.

The Shaykh : It is difficult; it is not possible for deeds to be nullified except by disbelief, by disbelief, and also by dying upon disbelief, ,

The questioner : Shaykh, even if we say that whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer, meaning always, not just once, meaning whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer as a category, meaning the category of the 'Asr prayer always.

The Shaykh : Yes, what? If we say this, it may resolve the problem to some extent, because one who consistently abandons the 'Asr prayer is as if he denies the obligation of one of the five prayers, even if he has not denied it. But his consistency in abandoning it indicates his negligence of it. In any case, this is, if Allah wills, for later; each of you should provide a solution and they should be gathered.