What is the ruling on one who limits himself to the Friday prayer only?
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The questioner : Shaykh, what is the ruling on one who prays only the Friday prayer?
The Shaykh : Why does he not pray except for Friday?
The questioner : This is his habit; it is only Friday.
The Shaykh : It is a habit. So this man does not believe that prayer is worship. Therefore, he does not pray on Friday out of habit, because he dresses up, adorns himself, and perfumes himself, and then goes. I, even though I hold that one does not become a disbeliever unless he abandons prayer entirely, doubt the Islam of this man. Because this man has taken the Friday prayer as merely a festival; he adorns himself and goes to the people, perfumed and adorned only. So I doubt that he will remain upon Islam. As for what our Shaykh, Abdul Aziz, held, what is it?
The student: A disbeliever.
The Shaykh : He is a disbeliever, and his case is concluded. Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you for the sake of which you loved us, and we ask Allah to make us and you among those who love one another for the sake of Allah. Yes.
The Shaykh : Why does he not pray except for Friday?
The questioner : This is his habit; it is only Friday.
The Shaykh : It is a habit. So this man does not believe that prayer is worship. Therefore, he does not pray on Friday out of habit, because he dresses up, adorns himself, and perfumes himself, and then goes. I, even though I hold that one does not become a disbeliever unless he abandons prayer entirely, doubt the Islam of this man. Because this man has taken the Friday prayer as merely a festival; he adorns himself and goes to the people, perfumed and adorned only. So I doubt that he will remain upon Islam. As for what our Shaykh, Abdul Aziz, held, what is it?
The student: A disbeliever.
The Shaykh : He is a disbeliever, and his case is concluded. Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you for the sake of which you loved us, and we ask Allah to make us and you among those who love one another for the sake of Allah. Yes.