What is the advice for one who prays sometimes and leaves it off sometimes?
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Question:
A person prays and then stops doing so repeatedly, and this is his state. What is your advice for him?
Answer:
It is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to fear Allah in all things. Prayer is the pillar of Islam and the greatest of the obligatory acts and the most important of the obligatory acts after the two testimonies. So it is obligatory for every Muslim and every Muslim woman to care for prayer and preserve it, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: : [al-Baqarah:238], and He the Exalted said: [al-Baqarah:43], and He the Glorious said: [al-Nur:56]. Prayer is the most important deed and the greatest deed after the two testimonies. Whoever preserves it preserves his religion, and whoever neglects it is more neglectful of what is besides it. The one who does it at times and neglects it at times is a disbeliever in the most correct of the scholars' opinions—may Allah grant us safety—even if he did not deny its obligation, even if he did not deny its obligation; because of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam), narrated by Imam Ahmad and the people of the Sunan with a sound chain from Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) ibn al-Husayb, and because of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): , narrated by Muslim in his Sahih, and because of other hadiths that came in this chapter.
So it is obligatory for the Muslims, men and women, to beware of being lax in prayer and being lenient with it. It is obligatory to preserve it in its time, to care for it, and to have tranquility and humility until it is performed as Allah commanded.
And the man must preserve it in congregation in the mosques of Allah with his Muslim brothers, and he must beware of imitating the hypocrites who do not perform it in prayer except for showing off... they do not perform it in congregation except for showing off, and when they are away from people, they are lenient with it and leave it. Allah the Glorious says:[An-Nisa 4:142] wavering between them, not with these and not with those [al-Nisa:142-143], meaning: they are not truly with the Muslims and not truly with the disbelievers, but rather like this and like that, hesitating in their doubt, their suspicion, their disbelief, and their misguidance. And He the Glorious says: [al-Nisa:145], because of their disbelief, their hypocrisy, their doubt, their suspicion, and their concealing of disbelief. So it is obligatory to beware of their characteristics and to beware of their vile morals. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A person prays and then stops doing so repeatedly, and this is his state. What is your advice for him?
Answer:
It is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman to fear Allah in all things. Prayer is the pillar of Islam and the greatest of the obligatory acts and the most important of the obligatory acts after the two testimonies. So it is obligatory for every Muslim and every Muslim woman to care for prayer and preserve it, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: :
Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer
حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلاةِ الْوُسْطَىAnd establish prayer and give zakah and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَAnd establish prayer and give zakah and obey the Messenger - that you may receive mercy.
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَThe covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفرBetween a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةSo it is obligatory for the Muslims, men and women, to beware of being lax in prayer and being lenient with it. It is obligatory to preserve it in its time, to care for it, and to have tranquility and humility until it is performed as Allah commanded.
And the man must preserve it in congregation in the mosques of Allah with his Muslim brothers, and he must beware of imitating the hypocrites who do not perform it in prayer except for showing off... they do not perform it in congregation except for showing off, and when they are away from people, they are lenient with it and leave it. Allah the Glorious says:
Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allah except a little,
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلاةِ قَامُوا كُسَالَى يُرَاءُونَ النَّاسَ وَلا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا Indeed, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire - and never will you find for them a helper -
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَصِيرًاThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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