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Sahih Muslim 82a

He heard the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying. Verily between man and between polytheism and unbelief is the negligence of prayer.

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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ

قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَبَيْنَ الشِّرْكِ وَالْكُفْرِ تَرْكَ الصَّلَاةِ»

He heard the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying. Verily between man and between polytheism and unbelief is the negligence of prayer.

Sahih Muslim 82a, Book 1, The Book of Faith, Hadith 153. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warned against abandoning the obligatory prayers and informed us that what stands between a man and falling into Shirk (polytheism) and disbelief is the abandonment of prayer. Prayer is the second pillar of Islam and is of great significance in this religion. Whoever abandons it out of denial of its obligation has become a disbeliever by consensus among the Muslims, and whoever abandons it altogether out of negligence or lethargy is a disbeliever, a ruling the Companions are reported to have agreed upon unanimously.

But if a person abandons it sometimes and performs it at other times, he is subject to this stern warning.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth stresses the significance of prayer and its observance, for it is the distinguishing feature between disbelief and belief.
  • It gives a severe warning against abandoning and neglecting the prayers.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Yahya ibn Yahya an-NaysaburiTold us, Fourth generation, died 226 AH
  3. 3Uthman ibn Abi ShaybahWith, Fourth generation, died 239 AH
  4. 4جَرِيرٍ يَحْيَىFrom
  5. 5Jarir ibn Abd al-HamidInformed us, Third generation, died 187 AH
  6. 6Sulayman al-AmashFrom, Successor, died 147 AH
  7. 7Talhah ibn NafiFrom, Successor, died 111 AH

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