Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 82b
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَبَيْنَ الشِّرْكِ وَالْكُفْرِ تَرْكُ الصَّلاَةِ " .
Translation
Abu Ghassan al-Misma'i narrated to us; al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Between a person and polytheism and disbelief lies abandoning the prayer.’