Book of Prayer (1)

The prayer is obligatory for every legally accountable person who is neither menstruating nor experiencing post-natal bleeding.

Thus, anyone who was asleep, unconscious, or the like must make it up once he regains awareness; the prayer is not valid from an insane person or a non-Muslim—even if he (2) prays or gives the call to prayer, for such an act is treated as a declaration of Islam.

A child is instructed to perform it at the age of seven and may be disciplined for neglecting it at ten. His guardian must teach him the prayer, the rules of purification, and whatever else he needs for his religion, such as the proper management of his property. If he reaches puberty while the prayer’s time still remains, he repeats it. It is forbidden to delay the prayer beyond the time in which it may lawfully be performed, except for someone intending to combine prayers or for one (3) occupied with acquiring a necessary prerequisite that he will obtain shortly.

Whoever denies its obligatory status has disbelieved, and the same ruling applies to one who abandons it out of laziness when summoned by the imam or his deputy and then refuses (4) until the time for the next prayer becomes tight; both are given three chances to repent.

Section
[On the Adhan and the Iqama]

The adhan and the iqama are (5) communal obligations for the five daily prayers upon resident men, and those who neglect them are to be fought.