Explanation of the Book of Prayer and Its Times-10b
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The reciter: Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, saying: Hisham narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to us from Abu Qilabah from Abu al-Mulih, who said: .
The Shaykh : On a cloudy day.
The reciter: So he said:.
The Shaykh : Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) did not assert a ruling on the one who abandons the 'Asr prayer, but the hadith indicates that whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer, his deeds are nullified.
Some people used this hadith as evidence for the view that whoever abandons any of the prayers commits disbelief, because deeds are not nullified except by disbelief, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:217].
Some people said that this is specific to the 'Asr prayer, because it is the middle prayer that surpasses the other prayers, and it does not follow that whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer is a disbeliever that whoever abandons the others is a disbeliever.
Some of them said that abandoning a single prayer does not constitute disbelief, but the meaning of the nullification of deeds is that this is a great sin which, when compared to the good deeds, is worse than the benefits obtained from the good deeds.
Some of them said: This is a general statement intended for a specific case, meaning it refers only to the deeds of that day.
All of this is based on the premise that one does not commit disbelief unless he abandons the prayer absolutely.
As for the one who says that if he abandons a single prayer he commits disbelief, then this issue does not appear in his case.
Do you have an explanation of it?
We were with Buraydah on a military expedition on a cloudy day
كنا مع بريدة في غزوة في يوم ذي غيمThe Shaykh : On a cloudy day.
The reciter: So he said:
Hasten with the 'Asr prayer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer, his deeds are nullified
بكروا بصلاة العصر فإن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : من ترك صلاة العصر فقد حبط عملهThe Shaykh : Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) did not assert a ruling on the one who abandons the 'Asr prayer, but the hadith indicates that whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer, his deeds are nullified.
Some people used this hadith as evidence for the view that whoever abandons any of the prayers commits disbelief, because deeds are not nullified except by disbelief, as Allah the Exalted said:
And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.
ومن يرتدد منكم عن دينه فيمت وهو كافر فأولئك حبطت أعمالهم في الدنيا والآخرة وأولئك أصحاب النار هم فيها خالدونSome people said that this is specific to the 'Asr prayer, because it is the middle prayer that surpasses the other prayers, and it does not follow that whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer is a disbeliever that whoever abandons the others is a disbeliever.
Some of them said that abandoning a single prayer does not constitute disbelief, but the meaning of the nullification of deeds is that this is a great sin which, when compared to the good deeds, is worse than the benefits obtained from the good deeds.
Some of them said: This is a general statement
His deeds are nullified
فقد حبط عملهAll of this is based on the premise that one does not commit disbelief unless he abandons the prayer absolutely.
As for the one who says that if he abandons a single prayer he commits disbelief, then this issue does not appear in his case.
Do you have an explanation of it?