What is the ruling on one who abandons prayer and says, “By Allah, I will pray in the future”?
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The questioner : My Shaykh, may Allah reward you, some people, when they are questioned about the issue of prayer.
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : When they are questioned about the issue of prayer?
The Shaykh : Which prayer?
The questioner : The obligatory prayer. It was said to him that abandoning it is disbelief, and he said, “By Allah, I will pray in the future, for example when I grow old or when I become elderly,” while he is currently abandoning it absolutely, not praying any obligatory prayer.
The Shaykh : This is a disbeliever, this is a disbeliever, because he is not praying now. Adam.
The Shaykh : If?
The questioner : When they are questioned about the issue of prayer?
The Shaykh : Which prayer?
The questioner : The obligatory prayer. It was said to him that abandoning it is disbelief, and he said, “By Allah, I will pray in the future, for example when I grow old or when I become elderly,” while he is currently abandoning it absolutely, not praying any obligatory prayer.
The Shaykh : This is a disbeliever, this is a disbeliever, because he is not praying now. Adam.