What is the explanation of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the one who abandons prayer: “Whoever abandons it has committed disbelief”? Is the intended meaning practical disbelief or doctrinal disbelief?
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The questioner : !
The Shaykh:Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) This hadith is authentic, but the understanding of it is incorrect, the understanding of it is incorrect, : meaning he did the deed of the disbelievers, because the disbelievers do not pray, what did I say about the praying ones, in the beginning of the verse?!
The questioner :[Al-Muddaththir 74:42-43] .
The Shaykh :[Al-Muddaththir 74:43] .
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So this one who does not pray while he testifies that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, has done the deed of the disbelievers, so those do not pray and this one does not pray: meaning: he did the deed of the disbelievers, and it does not mean that he has apostatized from his religion, because a Muslim does not apostatize from his religion, except if he denies what he entered into, so he denied in his heart what he entered into, this in the recent past we held a long lecture on this in this point, in distinguishing between doctrinal disbelief and practical disbelief, and distinguishing between heart disbelief and verbal disbelief, so it is never the same, and from here comes the confusion in the subject, therefore it was from the creed of the righteous Salaf that one prays behind every righteous and every open sinner, and prays over every righteous and every open sinner, and this is not only from the reality of the early Muslims, and this is sufficient for us as evidence, but there are hadiths from the Messenger - may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him - .
The questioner : (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: From these hadiths: He said - may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - as in Sahih al-Bukhari regarding the imams:Riyad as-Salihin 1838 , : meaning they pray a valid complete prayer: Riyad as-Salihin 1838 the sin, because they are the ones who did the prayer badly, this is a hadith, and another hadith this is in "Sahih al-Bukhari" which I mentioned just now, in "Sahih Muslim" that the Prophet - may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - said: Sahih Muslim 534a and in a narration: and from such hadiths came the creed, from the creeds of the Salaf: "Prayer behind every righteous and every open sinner, and prayer over every righteous and every open sinner", hey we benefited from you now.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, may Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner: Every delay, please!
The Shaykh: Let us leave this for now, let it go.
The difference between us and them is prayer
الفرق بيننا وبينهم الصلاةThe Shaykh:
prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
الصلاة ، فَمَن تركَها فقد كفرHe has committed disbelief
فقد كفرThe questioner :
(42) [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?" (43) They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ * قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَThe Shaykh :
We were not of those who prayed,
لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So this one who does not pray while he testifies that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, has done the deed of the disbelievers, so those do not pray and this one does not pray:
He has committed disbelief
فقد كفرThe questioner : (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: From these hadiths: He said - may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - as in Sahih al-Bukhari regarding the imams:
Your leaders will lead you in Salat (prayer). If they conduct it properly, you and they will be rewarded; but if they make mistakes you will earn the reward and they will be held responsible (for the mistakes).
يصلُّون بكم ، فإن أصابوا فلكم ولهم ، وإن أخطؤوا فلكم وعليهمThey pray for you, so if they are correct
يصلُّون بكم فإن أصابواyou and they will be rewarded; but if they make mistakes you will earn the reward and they will be held responsible (for the mistakes)
فلكم ولهم ، وإن أخطؤوا فلكم وعليهمThere would soon come your Amirs, who would defer prayers from their appointed time
سيكون عليكم أمراء يؤخِّرون الصلاة عن وقتهاThey kill the prayer from its time, so if you catch them, pray the prayer in its time, then pray it with them, it will be a voluntary prayer for you
يميتون الصلاة عن وقتها ، فإذا أدركتموهم فصلُّوا أنتم الصلاة في وقتها ، ثم صلُّوها معهم ، تكون لكم نافلةThe questioner: May Allah reward you with good, may Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner: Every delay, please!
The Shaykh: Let us leave this for now, let it go.
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