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Ramadhan
I have a muslim work colleague who doesn't perform shalah 5 times a day, if any at all. He said that he doesn't feel it's right to perform shalah when he feels that he "has to" or "feels enforced", but he believes sincerely that he is correct in his belief and he said he performs shalah whenever he sincerely feels he wants to. He feels that there is nothing in the Qur'an that makes it compulsory for him to perform shalah 5 times a day and he sincerely believes it.
He also chided other muslims who perform shalah 5 times a day and yet whose life is not 100% according to Qur'an and as sunnah and called them "munafeeq" (hypocrites) when they asked him to join them for jamaah prayer.
You don't need to explain him that salah is wajib, let "Pak Ustadz" (Islamic teacher) do it. Your duty is make him has interest to learn Islam and comes to Pak Ustadz.
Use friendly approach. I give you example, if he says salah is not wajib, tell him : "Wah, bapak ini ketinggalan jaman. Orang lain udah pada tahu kok, kalo sholat itu wajib. Makanya..., belajar dong" (say it with smile)
And, after you visited an Islamic lecture. "Kemaren saya ikut ceramahnya ustadz Ahmad, bagus sekali tuh ceramahnya. Beliau bilang ...(ceritakan sedikit materi yang disampaikan)... kalau ada ceramah lagi ikut aja yuk"
Or, open video from ustadz Maulana, Aa Gim, or other da'i in your laptop and show it to your colleague.
Typical of Indonesian people, if we push someone, he will push us back. Like in your case, you 'push' your colleagues with told him that salah is wajib. And he 'push' you back with say that salah is not wajib. But if we can make them have interest to come, they will come.
Need patience if you want to remind your colleague. If he say "no", when you remind him to salah, don't force him. Repeat again in the next salah, and always use friendly approach like "Waktunya sholat nih, sholat yuk"
@Other members
I must give advice to brother Ramadhan in Indonesian language because this is related to "speaking style", an important factor in giving da'wah to Indonesian people.
I will translate those words to English. Not accurate, but close.
Wah, bapak ini ketinggalan jaman. Orang lain udah pada tahu kok, kalo sholat itu wajib. Makanya, belajar dong (Oh oh, you are out of date. Other people are already know that salah is wajib. You should learn)
Kemaren saya ikut ceramahnya ustadz Ahmad, bagus sekali tuh ceramahnya. Beliau bilang ...(ceritakan sedikit materi yang disampaikan)... kalau ada ceramah lagi ikut aja yuk (Yesterday I visited lecture by ustadz Ahmad. Very nice lecture. He said ... (tell few contents of the lecture) if there is talks again, we go there"
Waktunya sholat nih, sholat yuk (time to salah, lets we do salah)