The ruling on associating with one who is negligent in prayer
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible for us to associate with one who is negligent in performing the prayer, such that he prays at times and is negligent at other times, but despite this, they are keen to perform the Friday prayer? We ask Your Eminence, after answering the question regarding associating with them or not, to direct advice to these people who are negligent in the Friday prayer and also the Fajr prayer?
Answer:
One who is known to be negligent in prayer must not be associated with; rather, he must be boycotted. If he is advised and does not act on it, he deserves to be boycotted. The one who wastes some of the prayers commits disbelief. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So, one who is known for abandoning prayer deserves to be boycotted after he is advised and directed to good, and his case is referred to the committee or the court so that what Allah has prescribed as a limit is carried out against him, so that he is not accused of this. And one who is known for this is not greeted with the salam and is boycotted if there is no doubt. The committee must discipline him or refer his case to the court so that he is judged by the ruling of Allah. He is asked to repent; if he repents, well and good, otherwise he is killed.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible for us to associate with one who is negligent in performing the prayer, such that he prays at times and is negligent at other times, but despite this, they are keen to perform the Friday prayer? We ask Your Eminence, after answering the question regarding associating with them or not, to direct advice to these people who are negligent in the Friday prayer and also the Fajr prayer?
Answer:
One who is known to be negligent in prayer must not be associated with; rather, he must be boycotted. If he is advised and does not act on it, he deserves to be boycotted. The one who wastes some of the prayers commits disbelief. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(peace and blessings be upon him) said: Between a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer. And he said (peace and blessings be upon him): The covenant between us and them is prayer, so whoever abandons it has committed disbelief.
صلى الله عليه وسلم بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاة، ويقول صلى الله عليه وسلم العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفر،
Source
فتاوى الصلاة — islamhouse.com (54:24)
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