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Not
praying throughout the year until Ramadhaan
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Question: We notice some of the Muslims neglecting
their prayers throughout the months of the year, and when
Ramadhaan arrives they hasten to (perform) the prayers and
the fasting and reciting the Qur.aan, so how is their fast
(what is the ruling) and what is your advice for them?
Response:
Their fast is correct, since it is not associated with anything
which spoils it. However, my advice to them is to fear Allaah
(subhaanahu wa ta'aala) with regard to themselves, and to
worship Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) according to that which
has been legislated upon them at all (their respected) times
with all their abilities. The person does not know when death
will suddenly strike, and it is possible they are waiting
for the month of Ramadhaan to arrive and do not (live to see
it). Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) has not (specified) for
his servants any limit except the death, as He (subhaanahu
wa ta'aala) says: {And worship your Lord until there comes
unto you the Hour that is certain} [Soorah al-Hijr, Aayah
99], i.e. until death approaches you, which is a certainty.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 2, Page 752, Fatwa No. 764;
al-Fataawa libni 'Uthaymeen - Kitaab ad-Da'wah, Volume 1,
Page 187
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