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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on one who intentionally leaves a prayer until its time has passed

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on one who intentionally leaves a single prayer until its time has passed? And is it prescribed for him to make it up?

Answer:
His ruling is that he has committed forbidden acts. However, he is not declared a disbeliever until the one in authority calls him to prayer. The one in authority is the imam or his deputy, who orders him to pray. If he persists and the time for the second prayer becomes narrow, the ruling is applied to him.
As for one who leaves it out of laziness, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement. Some hold that it is not valid from him if he delays it past its time; it is not valid from him even if he prays it.
This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
He who forgets the prayer, orمن نسي صلاه او
Sahih Muslim 684c
There is no excuse, so let him pray it if he has not done so. He made the excuse for the people and the other fire, which indicates that the one who does it intentionally does not pray it, but rather it is obligatory for him to repent to Allah and to be consistent in prayer. This indicates his disbelief; therefore, it indicates his disbelief if he intentionally leaves a prayer and takes it out of its description intentionally. Some scholars rule that he is a disbeliever. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 011 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الصلاة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (57:03)

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