Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Maa'un, Ayah 5
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those who are heedless of their prayers neglectful delaying them from their appointed times
Related Hadiths
People must cease to neglect the Friday prayer or Allah will seal their hearts and then they will be among the negligent.
He who does not recite Umm al-Qur'an is not credited with having observed prayer.
“There will be leaders who will be distracted by matters and they will delay the prayer until after its proper time. So make your prayer with them voluntary.”
He who does not recite Fatihat al-Kitab is not credited with having observed the prayer.
He who forgets the prayer, or he slept (and it was omitted), its expiation is (only) that he should observe it when he remembers it.
" He then abandoned offering (funeral) prayer for them."
“There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are those who pray and get nothing from their prayer but a sleepless night.”
“There are three whose prayer do not rise more than a hand span above their heads: A man who leads people (in prayer) when they do not like him; a woman who has spent the night with her husband angry ...
He who misses the afternoon prayer, it is as though he has been deprived of his family and his property.
“There is no prayer for the one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab in it.”
Ibn Abbas Commentary
Allah then explained who they are by saying: (Who are heedless of their prayer) who are distracted from their prayers and fail to perform them;