'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 (as) 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.'".