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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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One who deliberately sets the alarm after the time of the Fajr prayer

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Question:
The questioner says: Your Eminence, father, what is the ruling on one who deliberately sets the alarm for seven o'clock and intends, when he goes to sleep, not to get up for the Fajr prayer? What is the ruling on that?

Answer:
The apparent meaning of the hadiths and evidence is that such a person is considered a disbeliever along with abandoning the prayer, not caring about it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: between the man
And between disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is abandoning prayer.وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاة
, and this person has intended to abandon it at the time of going to work after the sun rises, intending not to pray Fajr until after the sun, or he sleeps through 'Asr and does not pray it until after Maghrib deliberately. So, according to the most correct opinion of the scholars, he is considered a disbeliever who must repent to Allah. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفر
Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam)
, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
And the foundation of Islam now and its pillar is the prayerوأصل الآن الإسلام وعموده الصلاة
, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever leaves the `Asr prayer will have all his (good) deeds annulled.من ترك صلاة العصر حبط عمله
Sahih al-Bukhari 594
. So it is obligatory to be cautious of these blameworthy traits, and it is obligatory to pray in its time, to pray with the congregation, and to set the clock for the time of prayer so that he prays with the congregation.
And a group of scholars said that he does not become a disbeliever with major shirk, but becomes a disbeliever with minor shirk if he believes in its obligation, but it deserves to be major shirk. In any case, he has committed a great crime, so he is either a disbeliever with minor shirk according to the opinion of the majority, or a disbeliever with major shirk according to the correct opinion, by this abominable and vile act. We ask Allah for safety.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source وجوب التعاون على البر والتقوى — islamhouse.com (51:31)

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