What is the Islamic judgment of a Muslim who does not observe daily prayers or the one who neglects some prayers?
A36. There is no difference among Muslim scholars that the person who abandons prayer rejecting it as an obligation is a non-Muslim. He is to be treated as an apostate. As far the person who is neglectful of prayer due to laziness while he believes it to be incumbent on him, then he is in fact committing a major sin for which he deserves a punishment in the Hereafter according to what Allah threatened those who commit major sins. Some jurists, however, said: This is disbelief and rebellion against Islam due to what the Messenger of Allah said: The covenant between you and us is prayer, and whoever abandons it is a disbeliever. As far the worldly verdict that should be established by the leader of Muslims against the abandoner of prayer due to laziness, jurists have three different opinions: 1- That he is out of the fold of Islam and should be killed due to apostasy. 2- That he does not leave Islam, but he should be killed according to the prescribed punishment if he does not repent and
