In a video Posted in 2017, Australian Imam Mohammad Hablos, the leader of the Islamic movement Hizb ut – Tahrir, (Party of Liberation) explains the importance of not missing Prayer. Hizb ut – Tahrir is well established in 50 countries, especially in Britain, Australia & Canada. Imam Mazin Adhim appears to be the Canadian leader. He is based in London Ontario. Below is an excerpt of Imam Hablos’ lecture.
My brothers and sisters let me tell you something and understand this fact. So far as sin is concerned and, please, understand this message very clearly… Of course it’s all sin. It’s all haram. None of it is good and accepted. But for the sake of understanding… Because many of us, we see our brother who is selling drugs, we see a brother who murdered another brother and we say, “look at these people. Look how rubbish they are.” My friend, let me tell you something. In the eyes of Allah, as far as sin is concerned… The one who sells drugs – good or bad? – Just very quickly good or bad? Bad. How about the murderer? How about the one who commits adultery, fornication? What about the one who rapes a child? What about the one who drinks alcohol? What about the one who does the biggest of the major sins good or bad? This person, one person, who commits all of these sins, he commits all of these sins on a daily basis, but he prays, is better in the eyes of Allah than the one who doesn’t commit any of these sins, but doesn’t pray. So you and your brother say, “yeah I’m a good guy”… Habibi, go and pack that up because it’s not going to work on the day of judgment. Any person who misses one prayer, one not two… One prayer – you miss one prayer for no reason… You are worse than a murderer, you are worse than a rapist, you are worse than a terrorist, you are worse than a pedophile, in the eyes of Allah.
If you do not pray salat out of laziness on purpose, are you a kafir or just a bad Muslim? Please answer.
The majority of scholars said that if a person denies that prayer is obligatory, he is a kaafir and an apostate from the religion of Islam. The ruling concerning such a person is as described above. If he does not deny that it is obligatory, but he neglects it because of laziness, for example, then he is guilty of a major sin (kabeerah). He should be given three days in which to repent. If he does, then al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allaah); if he does not, then he should be executed,
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