<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br> 1) They carry a severe warning against abandoning prayer, for this is an act of disbelief. Some scholars even said that he who abandons prayer out of laziness has committed major disbelief that takes him out of Islam!<br> 2) Prayer is the distinction between Muslims and non-Muslims; it is a characteristic sign of believers as opposed to disbelievers.<br> 3) The Prophet’s Companions regarded the abandonment of prayer as an act of disbelief. Shouldn’t everyone heed that?!