The ruling on one who says to a person who listens to songs: “Do not pray”?
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Question:
Sometimes the common people see someone who listens to songs and prays, and they say: “Do not pray, as long as you are listening to songs, you become one of the hypocrites?”
Answer:
The Shaykh: No, this is a mistake, I seek refuge in Allah. He should pray and maintain the prayer, and Allah will guide him to stay away from what Allah has forbidden. The prayer restrains him from this if he maintains it. The most he will do is leave these things [Al-'Ankabut:45]. So whoever maintains it sincerely, it restrains him from evil.
Sometimes the common people see someone who listens to songs and prays, and they say: “Do not pray, as long as you are listening to songs, you become one of the hypocrites?”
Answer:
The Shaykh: No, this is a mistake, I seek refuge in Allah. He should pray and maintain the prayer, and Allah will guide him to stay away from what Allah has forbidden. The prayer restrains him from this if he maintains it. The most he will do is leave these things
Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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