The Ruling on One Who Abandons One of the Five Pillars of Islam
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the correct position regarding the ruling on one who leaves one of the five pillars of Islam? Does he become a disbeliever or not?
Answer:
He is considered an open sinner, one who disobeys Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and is in grave danger of entering the Fire, except for the prayer; if he abandons it, it is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), specifically the prayer, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) between the two pillars,,
A questioner asks: What is the correct position regarding the ruling on one who leaves one of the five pillars of Islam? Does he become a disbeliever or not?
Answer:
He is considered an open sinner, one who disobeys Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and is in grave danger of entering the Fire, except for the prayer; if he abandons it, it is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), specifically the prayer, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) between the two pillars,
Between disbelief and shirk is the abandonment of the prayer
بين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاة
Source
محاضرات عبر الهاتف [ 01 ] أحكام الحج — islamhouse.com (20:17)
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