Benefit: Only a Muslim Establishes the Daily Prayers Consistently

Imām al-Dhahabī (رحمه الله) said: “Our shaykh, Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله), used to say in his final days before death overtook him: ‘I do not excommunicate anyone from this Ummah.’ He would say: ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Only a believer maintains his wuḍūʿ; therefore, whoever performs his prayers consistently is a Muslim.’”

قال: وكذا كان شيخنا ابن تيمية في أواخر أيامه يقول: أنا لا أكفر أحدا من الأمة، ويقول: قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: "لا يحافظ على الوضوء إلا مؤمن" فمن لازم الصلوات بوضوء فهو مسلم

Source: Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, vol. 15, pg. 88.
Translated by: Musa Shaleem Mohammed