The ruling on praying behind one who occasionally abandons it
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Question:
What is the ruling on praying behind a man who prays some of the obligatory prayers and abandons others out of negligence?
Answer:
One does not pray behind him; because he has committed a great evil by the consensus of the Muslims, which is abandoning prayer out of negligence. A group of scholars have held that he is a disbeliever for abandoning it out of negligence, even if it is only some of it. If he abandons the midday prayer out of negligence, or the afternoon prayer out of negligence, and persists in that, or sometimes prays and sometimes does not pray, he is a disbeliever. So one does not pray behind him, rather he is called to repent by the authorities. It is incumbent upon the authority, if this is established with him, to call him to repentance. If he repents, otherwise he is killed. And one does not pray behind him, and no honor is due to him; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam), we ask Allah for well-being and safety. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
What is the ruling on praying behind a man who prays some of the obligatory prayers and abandons others out of negligence?
Answer:
One does not pray behind him; because he has committed a great evil by the consensus of the Muslims, which is abandoning prayer out of negligence. A group of scholars have held that he is a disbeliever for abandoning it out of negligence, even if it is only some of it. If he abandons the midday prayer out of negligence, or the afternoon prayer out of negligence, and persists in that, or sometimes prays and sometimes does not pray, he is a disbeliever. So one does not pray behind him, rather he is called to repent by the authorities. It is incumbent upon the authority, if this is established with him, to call him to repentance. If he repents, otherwise he is killed. And one does not pray behind him, and no honor is due to him; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Between a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe 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 كفرThe presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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