What is the ruling on fasting without prayer?
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Question:
This questioner from Yemen says, O Shaykh: What is the ruling on fasting without prayer? Is it true that the fast is accepted and the person bears the sin afterwards for leaving the prayer? Or what? Are they rewarded?
Answer:
The correct view is that it is not accepted because he is a disbeliever. Whoever leaves the prayer is a disbeliever, and his deeds are invalidated, as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-An'am: 88]. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It was narrated by Muslim in his Sahih. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) It was narrated by Imam Ahmad and the people of the Sunan with a sound chain from Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him).
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2616Hasan (Darussalam) And the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not consider anything whose abandonment is disbelief except the prayer. Abandoning it is major shirk (associating partners with Allah). We ask Allah for well-being. This is the correct view among the scholars' opinions. Some scholars said: He does not become a disbeliever for this unless he denies its obligation. But it becomes minor shirk, not major shirk. If he leaves it without denying its obligation, they said: This is minor shirk. And the correct view is that it is major shirk due to the apparent meaning of the hadith, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you, may the Shaykh be respected.
This questioner from Yemen says, O Shaykh: What is the ruling on fasting without prayer? Is it true that the fast is accepted and the person bears the sin afterwards for leaving the prayer? Or what? Are they rewarded?
Answer:
The correct view is that it is not accepted because he is a disbeliever. Whoever leaves the prayer is a disbeliever, and his deeds are invalidated, as Allah the Exalted said:
But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَBetween 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 كفرAnd he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The head of the matter is Islam, and its pillar is the Salat
رأس الأمر الإسلام وعموده الصلاةBetween a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you, may the Shaykh be respected.
Source
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