PRAYER AS THE DIVIDER BETWEEN FAITH AND DISBELIEF
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنَّ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَبَيْنَ الشِّرْكِ وَالْكُفْرِ تَرْكَ الصَّلاَةِ " .
Abi Sufyan narrated that Jabir heard that the Apostle (may peace and blessings be upon him) saying, “Verily between man and polytheism (shirk) and unbelief (kufur) is the negligence of prayer.”
Reference: Sahih Muslim 82a
In-book reference: Book 1, Hadith 153
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 1, Hadith 146 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Grade: Sahih (authentic)
Adapted from sunnah.com
Lessons:
1. Prayer (solat) is one of the pillars of religion. Whosoever performs the solat, he establishes his religion. Whosoever abandons the solat, he demolishes his religion.
2. The difference between a Muslim and disbeliever is solat.
3. Allah throws those who deliberately abandon solat into the hell Saqar.
Surah Mudatsir: 42-43
مَا سَلَڪَكُمۡ فِى سَقَرَ (٤٢) قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ (٤٣)
"What has caused you to enter Hell?" (42) They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salât (prayers)." (43)
- Translation by Dr. Mohsin, Quran Explorer
4. According to Imam Nawawi, those who abandon solat by rejecting or denying the obligation/legislation of salah, are considered disbelievers.
5. If a person abandons solat due to laziness or negligence, but still attest to the obligation of performing salah, Imam Malik and As-Syafiee decreed that the person is not a disbeliever, but regarded as a fasiq (one who transgresses boundaries set by Allah). That person shall be advised to repent. If the person refuses to, then he could be sentenced to death according to hudud.
Let us take care of our solat, which is the difference between a believer (mu’min) and a disbeliever (kafir).
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