616 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَا بَالُ اَلزَّانِي لاَ تُسَمِّيهِ كَافِراً وَ تَارِكُ اَلصَّلاَةِ تُسَمِّيهِ كَافِراً وَ مَا اَلْحُجَّةُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «لِأَنَّ اَلزَّانِيَ وَ مَا أَشْبَهَهُ إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ لِمَكَانِ اَلشَّهْوَةِ لِأَنَّهَا تَغْلِبُهُ وَ تَارِكُ اَلصَّلاَةِ لاَ يَتْرُكُهَا إِلاَّ اِسْتِخْفَافاً بِهَا وَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّكَ لاَ تَجِدُ اَلزَّانِيَ يَأْتِي اَلْمَرْأَةَ إِلاَّ وَ هُوَ مُسْتَلِذٌّ لِإِتْيَانِهِ إِيَّاهَا قَاصِداً إِلَيْهَا وَ كُلُّ مَنْ تَرَكَ اَلصَّلاَةَ قَاصِداً لِتَرْكِهَا فَلَيْسَ يَكُونُ قَصْدُهُ لِتَرْكِهَا اَللَّذَّةَ فَإِذَا نُفِيَتِ اَللَّذَّةُ وَقَعَ اَلاِسْتِخْفَافُ وَ إِذَا وَقَعَ اَلاِسْتِخْفَافُ وَقَعَ اَلْكُفْرُ.
Hadith.616 - It is narrated from Mas'adah ibn Sadaqah that He said:
"Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq 
was asked: 'Why do you not call a fornicator (Zani) a disbeliever, but you do call someone who abandons prayer a disbeliever? What is the reasoning behind this?'
Imam said: 'The fornicator and others like him commit such acts due to the overpowering influence of desire, which dominates them. However, the one who abandons prayer does so only out of disregard for it. You will not find a fornicator approaching a woman except that he is driven by desire and consciously seeking her out for pleasure. But anyone who deliberately abandons prayer does so intentionally, and not for pleasure. When the aspect of pleasure is removed, it becomes an act of disdain and disregard. When disdain occurs, disbelief (kufr) follows.'".
