Hudhaifa bin al-Yam\u0101n said that the Messenger of All\u0101h (\u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645) said: \u201cIsl\u0101m will be erased just as the decoration of a garment is (worn out and) erased, until it will not be known what is fasting, nor prayer, nor the rituals of Hajj, nor charity; and the Book of All\u0101h, the Mighty and Majestic, (i.e., the Qur\u2019\u0101n) will be taken away (from the mus-hafs[1] and breasts of the people)[2] in one night such that not (even) an \u0101yah from it will remain on earth. And groups of people will remain \u2013 the old people \u2013 saying: \u2018We saw our forefathers upon this statement: \u2018l\u0101 il\u0101ha illAll\u0101h (none has the right to worshiped but All\u0101h),\u2019 so we also say it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
(Then), Silah bin Zufar said to Hudhaifa: \u2018What will \u2018l\u0101 il\u0101ha illAll\u0101h\u2019 benefit them when they don\u2019t know what is prayer, nor fasting, nor the rituals of Hajj, nor charity?\u2019 Hudhaifa turned away from him. Then (Silah) repeated it to (Hudhaifa) three times, and every time Hudhaifa would turn away from him. Then he turned toward him on the third time and said three times: \u2018O Silah! It will save them from the Fire.\u2019\u201d[3]<\/p>\n
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\nShaykh al-Alb\u0101ni comments:
\n\u201cThere is an important benefit of fiqh in the had\u012bth, which is that bearing witness that l\u0101 il\u0101ha illAll\u0101h (none has the right to be worshiped but All\u0101h) saves the one who says it (sincerely) from dwelling forever in the Fire on the Day of Resurrection, even if he didn\u2019t use to perform any of the other pillars of Isl\u0101m at all, such as prayer and so on. And it is known that the scholars have differed about the ruling on the one who abandons the prayer especially while believing in its legislation. So the majority was of the opinion that he has not disbelieved by that, but rather disobeyed All\u0101h; and Ahmad \u2013 in a report \u2013 was of the opinion that he has disbelieved, and that he is to be killed due to apostasy, not as a prescribed punishment. And it is has been authentically narrated from the Companions that they did not consider leaving any of the actions to be disbelief except the prayer; at-Tirmith\u012b and al-H\u0101kim reported it.[4] And I believe that that which is correct is the view of the majority, and that what was mentioned from the Companions does not clearly state that they meant by \u2018disbelief\u2019 here to be the disbelief which will make its possessor dwell forever in the Fire and for which it is not possible that All\u0101h will forgive him. How can that be when this is Hudhaifa bin al-Yam\u0101n \u2013 who is one of the foremost of those Companions \u2013 responding to Silah bin Zufar, who was about to understand the affair as Ahmad\u2019s understanding of it. So (Silah) said: \u2018What will \u2018l\u0101 il\u0101ha illAll\u0101h\u2019 benefit them when they don\u2019t know what is prayer. . .,\u2019 then Hudhaifa replied to him after his turning away from him, saying three times: \u2018O Silah! It will save them from the Fire.\u2019 Therefore, this is a clear statement from Hudhaifa (radiAll\u0101hu \u02bdanhu) that the one who abandons the prayer is not a disbeliever [if he believes in its legislation], but rather a Muslim who will be saved from dwelling forever in the Fire on the Day of Resurrection. So be mindful of this, for indeed you may not find it in other than this place.\u201d
\n~ asaheeha translations ~<\/p>\n
[1] the actual plural word in Arabic for mus-haf is mas\u0101hif, i.e., copies of the Qur\u2019\u0101n
\n[2] this explanation and detail in the parentheses was mentioned by Shaykh \u02bdAbd ul-Muhsin al-\u02bdAbb\u0101d in Sharh Sunan ibn M\u0101jah, tape #293
\n[3] also refer to Sah\u012bh ibn M\u0101jah #3289
\n[4] Sah\u012bh at-Tirmith\u012b #2622<\/p>\n
Source: https:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/articles\/the-rulling-on-the-one-who-abandons-prayer-part-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"