Is it permissible to return the salam to a man who only prays the midday prayer and the Friday prayer?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Our brother from Yemen asks: Is it permissible to return the salam to a man who only prays the midday prayer and combines them?
Answer:
The one who abandons prayer intentionally is not a Muslim, and he must be boycotted until he repents to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This is because the one who abandons prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, whether he denies its obligation or acknowledges its obligation but abandons it out of deliberate laziness. The evidence is the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) abandoning prayer. He said Mishkat al-Masabih 574 Allah the Exalted said [Al-Muddaththir 74:41-42] or what is the reason that put you into the Fire? They said: We were not among the sinners (peace and blessings be upon him).
After that, He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said[Al-Muddaththir 74:48] And this only applies to disbelievers, because disbelievers are those for whom the intercession of intercessors is of no benefit [Ghafir 40:18] And the one for whom intercession is of no benefit is the disbeliever. This indicates that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever for whom the intercession of intercessors is of no benefit, refuge with Allah. It is obligatory for this one who abandons prayer to repent to Allah and to maintain the prayer. And if he persists in abandoning the prayer, then he must be boycotted. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Our brother from Yemen asks: Is it permissible to return the salam to a man who only prays the midday prayer and combines them?
Answer:
The one who abandons prayer intentionally is not a Muslim, and he must be boycotted until he repents to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This is because the one who abandons prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, whether he denies its obligation or acknowledges its obligation but abandons it out of deliberate laziness. The evidence is the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Between the Muslim and shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief)
بين المسلم وبين الشرك والكفرas saying, “The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become an infidel.”
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعَهْدُ الَّذِي بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ الصَّلَاةُ فَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا فَقَدْ كَفَرَ.(41) About the criminals, (42) [And asking them], "What put you into
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِيAfter that, He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَFor the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.
مَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ يُطَاعُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز رد السلام على رجل لا يصلي إلا صلاة الظهر والجمعة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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