Reference: Fataawa Manaar al-Islaam v1 p131 q99
Question: Is the one who leaves off a single [obligatory] prayer without a [Islaamically acceptable] reason taken out of the fold of Islaam?
Response: Concerning the one who intentionally left off a [obligatory] prayer without a [Islaamically acceptable] reason, then he is not taken out of the fold of Islaam unless he completely abandoned the [obligatory] prayer.
According to the majority opinion [of the scholars], whoever leaves off a single [obligatory] prayer, then he does not become a disbeliever unless he abandoned it completely, [this being] in accordance with his ﷺ saying:
[He said:
– implying abandoning the obligatory prayer completely]
…and he did not say
;
Likewise, his ﷺ saying:
…and you are not required to make up that prayer, since you had left it without a [Islaamically acceptable] reason. Rather, you are required to repent to Allaah سبحانه و تعالى, and if you sincerely repented, then Allaah سبحانه و تعالى says:
