The Ruling on Sitting with Those Who Abandon Prayer and Being Content with Their State
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Question:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh! What is the ruling on sitting with people who do not pray and being content with that?
Answer:
It is not permissible to sit with them or to be content with their actions, because abandoning prayer is the most evil of wrongs. Prayer is the pillar of Islam. Therefore, those who pray do not sit with them and do not accept their actions; they must denounce them, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith:Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam). We ask Allah for safety.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh! What is the ruling on sitting with people who do not pray and being content with that?
Answer:
It is not permissible to sit with them or to be content with their actions, because abandoning prayer is the most evil of wrongs. Prayer is the pillar of Islam. Therefore, those who pray do not sit with them and do not accept their actions; they must denounce them, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith:
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 كفرThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
وجوب التعاون على البر والتقوى — islamhouse.com (1:00:01)
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