Some forms of disbelief take one out of the religion
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Q3: They consider the one who abandons prayer to be a disbeliever by practical disbelief, and practical disbelief does not take its practitioner out of the religion except for what they have excluded, such as insulting Allah the Exalted and the like. Is the one who abandons prayer an exception, and what is the basis for this exception?
A3: Not every form of practical disbelief takes one out of the religion of Islam; rather, some of it does take one out of the religion of Islam. This is what indicates contempt for the religion and mockery of it, such as placing the mushaf under one’s foot, insulting a messenger of Allah while knowing of his messengership, attributing a child to Allah, prostrating to other than Allah, and slaughtering a sacrifice for other than Allah. Among this is abandoning the obligatory prayers out of laziness. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) narrated by the Imam Ahmad and the compilers of the Sunan with a sound chain from Buraydah ibn al-Husayb (may Allah be pleased with him). And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 82b narrated by Muslim in his Sahih from Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them both). And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
A3: Not every form of practical disbelief takes one out of the religion of Islam; rather, some of it does take one out of the religion of Islam. This is what indicates contempt for the religion and mockery of it, such as placing the mushaf under one’s foot, insulting a messenger of Allah while knowing of his messengership, attributing a child to Allah, prostrating to other than Allah, and slaughtering a sacrifice for other than Allah. Among this is abandoning the obligatory prayers out of laziness. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
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 كفرBetween man and polytheism and unbelief is the abandonment of salat.
بين الرجل وبين الشرك والكفر ترك الصلاة
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