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What are the reasons for young people's aversion to prayer, considering it is the pillar of our upright religion?

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Among the causes of negligence in prayer are weakness of faith, belittling the commands of Allah, ignorance of its punishments and its worldly and otherworldly benefits, and its status in the religion, as it is the second pillar after the two testimonies of faith. The negligent person should reflect upon the verses and hadiths that magnify its importance, such as: (Guard strictly the prayers) and (Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times) and (Then succeeded them a generation who neglected prayer) and the hadith: "Verily, between a man and polytheism and disbelief is the abandonment of prayer." Also, abandoning prayer in mosques, staying away from admonitions, associating with evil companions, following desires, and admiring non-Muslims, all weaken faith and lead to negligence, and for this reason, one must stay away from bad companions and bad gatherings.

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