The importance of Salaah

Q: I have heard that a person who does not pray namaaz at all is a kafir. Is this true? What about a person who prays only in Ramadan. Will he or she be considered a kafir?

Q: Dua for punctuality on Salaah? I perform Salah for 5 times a day but after a couple of weeks I just suddenly stop and then after a few weeks I start Salaah again. Please teach me a dua to be regular with Salah?

Q: May some worldly harms of intentionally not performing Fardh Salaat be given.

Q: The one who doesn't pray salaah at all intentionally but believes it is obligatory is he a Kaafir.I see most of the well known scholars say this like ibn baz,ibn uthyameein from saudi arabia but i have seen some who say that he is not as long as he believes in shahada,etc.

Q: I work in a bank. When I come back from office I usually miss Asar prayer due to traveling. I reach home by Maghrib prayer time. Kindly tell me what shouldd I do about asr prayer? When I can offer it? Do I have to offer complete prayer later on or only two rakaats?

Q: I would like to know if a lady is expecting and her waters break but it takes a few salaah times before she actually gives birth, is salaah fardh on her during this time? Will she be regarded as a ma'zoor and have to make wudhu and read salaah during the labour process untill the baby is born?

Q: I suffer from depression. Im a religious person and offer prayers five times a day and even tahajjud and read Quran with translation, but when I am depressed, I leave all this, miss prayers, mostly esha, I lose interest in prayers and don't offer most of them. What to do? There is nobody to ask me to offer prayer, what is the cure of this disease?

Q: We are a newly married couple (1 year). Every time we get intimate, we are missing our namazes. Even though we are trying really hard to control our desires, even if we get intimate every 4 days. My wife because of her migraine, sinus and long hair delays ghusal which makes me feel bad as because of me she is missing her namaaz. How do you recommend we should control our desires. Please tell us possible solutions.

Q: If you don't pray five times salaah, are you still a muslim? even though you believe in them that they are obligatory.

Q: Does Allah accept good deeds like giving charity, saying zikr and durood shareef person who doesn't pray five times per day. I was told if you don't pray your five times fardh salaah your good deeds doesn't get accepted.