The Monthly Meeting Series-49b
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : It is well known that the Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) stated that there are ten nullifiers of Islam. Why did he limit them to this number? And under which one does the one who abandons prayer fall?
The Shaykh : Yes. The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned ten nullifiers of Islam, not by way of exhaustive limitation, but by way of example, meaning: these ten are among the nullifiers of Islam.
And the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) lived in an era in which shirk (associating partners with Allah) was prevalent. So he mentioned the nullifiers of Islam in light of his era, as a warning to people against these nullifiers. As for the one who abandons prayer, the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Companions, which was transmitted by more than one scholar, all indicate that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, even if he does so out of negligence. Yes. Last question.
The questioner : Last question.
The Shaykh : Yes. The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned ten nullifiers of Islam, not by way of exhaustive limitation, but by way of example, meaning: these ten are among the nullifiers of Islam.
And the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) lived in an era in which shirk (associating partners with Allah) was prevalent. So he mentioned the nullifiers of Islam in light of his era, as a warning to people against these nullifiers. As for the one who abandons prayer, the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Companions, which was transmitted by more than one scholar, all indicate that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, even if he does so out of negligence. Yes. Last question.
The questioner : Last question.