Is fasting valid without praying?
Both praying and fasting in Ramadan are pillars of Islam. Both are therefore also mandatory to perform. But what about when you fast but do not pray?
Praying the five daily prayers is the second pillar of Islam. Leaving this is a great crime in Islam.
There is the opinion that leaving a prayer makes the fasting invalid. While this may have many who hold this opinion, there is also another opinion that leaving prayer does not make the fasting invalid.
The correct view is that someone who does not pray, while fasting, does not make his fasting invalid, as leaving prayer is not major kufr.