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ameerkam
Salaam.
If you miss a prayer because you don't bother to do it. Is the activity you are doing at present (even if it is halaal e.g. Spending time with family) be haram? Or would the missing of the prayer be an independent sin?
Asalaamualaykum.
This needs an intricate explanation.
a) Fard Salaah
When you miss your Salaah because of rendering your Nafs to another event, then that other event will be considered Haraam
for the interim that you have missed that Salaah, for you only.
Example: Spending time with your family is not only Halaal, but holds a high recommended status in Islam. However, If you miss your Salaah because of your family - then at that period of missing Salaah, because you have given priority to family over Allah SWT command of Fard,
then at that point and that point only Spending time with your family will be considered Haraam as it is part of the equation that has distracted you for that period only.
However if one spends time with the family and prays their Salaah in its due time - then one has not given priority over their Salaah.
So in other words the same Halaal Event can be considered Haraam should you prioritise it above Salaah.
B) Non Fard Salaah
It will get more complex and slight change of ruling once you divulge into which Salaah you praying and what the other event is.
Example : If you praying Nafl Salaah and your sickly mother needs you urgently, then in that case the Wajib of looking after your parents take a higher precedence than the Nafl Salaah.
For the entire of section B You have to speak to a Mufti as the rulings are very deep because variant circumstances can appear in this section.