Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah
Between a man and shirk and disbelief is abandoning the prayer.
Sahih Muslim 82
What this hadith teaches
Prayer is the clear sign of a Muslim. Scholars treat leaving it as one of the gravest sins, and many of the Companions held that whoever leaves it completely has left Islam.
Reference and grade
- Found in
- Grade
- Sahih (in Sahih Muslim)
- Narrator
- Jabir ibn Abdullah
- Chapter
- Why prayer matters
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
إِنَّ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَبَيْنَ الشِّرْكِ وَالْكُفْرِ تَرْكَ الصَّلاَةِ
Arabic text of Sahih Muslim 82, as given on sunnah.com.