Commandments of Allâhu ta’âlâ or called fard (or farz), and His interdictions are called harâm. It is worship to perform the fards and avoid (doing) the harâms. Allâhu ta’âlâ loves worshippers. He declares in the Qur’ân al-kerîm that in the Hereafter He will put them into Paradise and give them infinite blessings. The Qur’ân al-kerîm is the Word of Allah. It is not human word. A person who commits a harâm will burn in Hell. Harâms vary in degrees. There will be a severe punishment for a grave harâm. One of the grave harâms is not to perform the five daily prayers of namâz within their prescribed times. A person who denies the fact that namâz is a fard will become a kâfir (unbeliever). A kâfir is not a Muslim. He will burn eternally in Hell. A person who omits namâz because of laziness although he believes in it will not become a kâfir. He is called fâsiq. A person who is fâsiq is still a Muslim. Because he has sinned (by omitting namâz), he will burn in Hell for some time. If a person has not performed a certain prayer of namâz within its prescribed time, it is fard for him to make qadâ of it, (which means to perform a certain act of worship later, afterwards.
