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A girl loves the remembrance of Allah, but she does not pray. Will the remembrance of Allah benefit her?

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The people of Islam have agreed upon the obligation of prayer for every sane, adult Muslim, except for one who has a legitimate excuse. The scholars have unanimously agreed on the disbelief of whoever abandons prayer, denying its obligation or deeming its abandonment permissible. As for one who abandons it out of laziness, the majority of the imams hold that he should be asked to repent; if he repents, then well and good, otherwise he should be executed as a legal punishment, not for disbelief, contrary to the Hanbalis who hold that he should be executed for disbelief. The view of his disbelief is the most apparent due to the strength of its evidence. Prayer is the pillar of religion and the most important pillar of Islam after the two Shahadas. Thus, the love of remembrance (dhikr) or other acts of obedience does not benefit one who abandons prayer unless he repents and performs the prayer.

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