عن جَابِر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما قال: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَبَيْنَ الشِّرْكِ وَالْكُفْرِ تَرْكُ الصَّلَاةِ»
51 - The importance of prayer
Jābir said: I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say:
‘What separates a person from disbelief and associating partners with God is negligence of prayer’.
Related Quranic Verses
Attend regularly to your prayers, particularly the middle prayer, and stand up before God in devout obedience.
(2: 238)
Every soul is held in pledge for what it has wrought, (38) except for those on the right hand. (39) They will be in gardens, and will ask (40) about the guilty ones: (41) ‘What brought you into the scorching Fire?’ (42) They will answer: ‘We were not among those who prayed’.
(74: 38-43)
