The Ruling on One Who Limits Himself to the Friday Prayer and Fasting Ramadan

Q: Many people do not pray except on Fridays and during Ramadan, and they cite the hadith: Is this a valid practice?

A: This argument is ignorance and misguidance. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has made obligatory upon us the five daily prayers, He has made obligatory upon us the Friday prayer, and He has made obligatory upon us fasting Ramadan. So we must perform all the obligatory duties and avoid what Allah has forbidden. We must perform all the prayers, perform the Friday prayer, fast Ramadan, perform Hajj to the House, and do everything Allah has made obligatory upon us. We must avoid what Allah has forbidden us, hoping for His reward and fearing His punishment. In doing so, we will have a great reward and a good outcome. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed out in the same hadith what we have mentioned, by saying (peace and blessings be upon him): .
He (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that these acts of worship serve as expiation for the minor sins committed between them, provided the servant avoids major sins. This demonstrates the invalidity of what the questioner assumed regarding the expiation Allah has established for them. It clarifies that these acts of worship serve as expiation for what occurs between them only for those who fulfill the obligatory duties and avoid major sins. This meaning is indicated by the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He): [Al-Nisa: 31]. In this verse, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) clarified that the expiation of sins and entering Paradise are contingent upon avoiding major sins. These are the transgressions for which the texts contain warnings of the curse, or the Fire, or the anger of Allah , or the denial of faith for their perpetrator, or the disavowal of Allah from them, or the disavowal of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the like of what indicates their greatness and danger. For example, his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: the hadith. He (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who drinks intoxicants, the one who serves them, the one who brews them, the one who presses them, the one who carries them, the one to whom they are carried, the one who sells them, the one who buys them, and the one who eats their price. Similarly, he (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who eats riba (usury or interest), the one who gives it, the one who writes it, and its two witnesses. Similarly, he (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who plucks eyebrows, the one who has them plucked, the one who joins hair, and the one who has hair joined... the hadith. And his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: the hadith. And his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: agreed upon for its authenticity. The "saliqah" is the one who raises her voice in grief, the "haliqah" is the one who shaves her hair in grief, and the "shaqqah" is the one who tears her clothes in grief. There are many hadiths in this meaning.
All Muslims have unanimously agreed that fasting Ramadan does not drop the other obligatory duties from Muslims, and that the Friday prayer does not drop the other obligatory duties either. They agreed that the Friday prayer does not drop the remaining prayers, but it only drops the Zuhr prayer on the day of Friday. So, if someone claims that the Friday prayer and fasting Ramadan drop all these obligatory duties from him and believes that, this is disbelief and misguidance according to all scholars. The one who says this must hasten to repent to Allah from that; because this is dropping obligatory duties and making permissible what is forbidden, and that is the height of disbelief and misguidance. And speaking about Allah without knowledge—we ask Allah for safety and well-being from that.