Al-Imām Ibn ‘Abdul-Barr concerning the one who abandoned the Salah (I.e. Prayer)
(Al-Imām Ibn ‘Abdul-Barr concerning the one who abandoned the Salah) O Sunnī Salafī ponder upon the statement of Ibn 'Abdul-Barr (463 H)-may Allāh have mercy on him-! Al-Imām Rabee' Ibn Hādī Al-Madkhalī-May Allāh preserve him-said, "Al-Imām Ibn Abdul Barr said in "At-Tamheed"(23/288-290)in the explanation of the hadeeth of 'Ubādah Ibn As-Sāmit on the authority of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ that he said, " Five Salats Allāh, the Exalted and Sublime, has made obligatory upon his slaves; whoever performs them and does not waste anything from them by neglecting their rights, then he has a promise from Allāh that he will enter him into Heaven. And whoever does not perform these Salats then he does not have a promise with Allāh: if Allāh wishes, He will punish him, and if He wishes, He will admit him into Heaven" He said -May Allāh have mercy on him-:"in this Hadeeth is that there are no other than five obligatory prescribed salawāt ,and