What is the Islamic judgement of some Muslims who fast Ramadan but do not pray or pray in Ramadan and abandon prayer after it?
A60. The establishment of the five daily prayers and fasting Ramadan are both basic principles of Islam. They are both part of the five pillars on which Islam is founded. Those who observe the fast of Ramadan and abandon prayer has in fact undermined one pillar of Islam while observing the other. On the other hand, those who fast Ramadan while abandoning prayer, if they are not believing in what they abandoned they are no more within the fold of Islam, and so they don’t benefit anything from fasting or charity; while if they still believe in what they abandoned they are deviators from the commands of God and their fasting without prayer is a clear proof that they did not fast in obedience to God and in fulfillment of their slavery to Him, otherwise they would not have abandoned their duty to establish prayer. Such fasting is observed due to habit they acquired from their environment or inherited from their fathers. It is well-known that observing a worship due to habits makes it reject
