The Ruling on One Who Does Not Pray
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this is a questioner from outside this country who says: A person who claims to be a Muslim, but he does not pray, should this man be hated, and what is his ruling?
The Shaykh:
In what respect?
The questioner:
Should he be hated? And what is his ruling?
The Shaykh:
The one who does not pray is hated, yes. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim.[Al-Mu'minun 23:9] It is necessary to preserve it, and [Al-Ma'arij 70:23] it is necessary to be consistent in prayer, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this is a questioner from outside this country who says: A person who claims to be a Muslim, but he does not pray, should this man be hated, and what is his ruling?
The Shaykh:
In what respect?
The questioner:
Should he be hated? And what is his ruling?
The Shaykh:
The one who does not pray is hated, yes. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim.
And they who carefully maintain their prayers -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَThose who are constant in their prayer
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من ينسب نفسه إلى الإسلام، لكنه لا يصلي، هل يُبغَض هذا الرجل؟ وما حكمه؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.