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As-Salamualaikum brothers and sisters,

I have a friend that I hadn't seen in a while and i saw him yesterday, we talked with each other for some time (at a dinner at our masjid). Now growing up he wasn't the most practicing muslim, but what he was telling me now was unbelievable. As i was going to salah, he wasn't, and I asked him what he was waiting for and he said he doesn't pray. So thats when I asked him why and got his viewpoint on what Islam is. To make this short his view is that the Quran is the word of God and is absolutely complete and so anything besides what is said in the Quran is not true. He does not follow any madhab doesn't believe in any of the hadith as well as the pillars of Islam and was using insulting words towards the imams, and even was somewhat condescending when it came to the prophet pbuh (istaghfurrallah). To be honest I didn't what to say to him (such as why we follow the hadith, pillars of islam, etc. etc.) and I had to make my prayers. Also I am still learning to memorize much of the quran as well as understand it so I couldn't give him any evidence on the spot. But what do you say to a person who believes in something like this? Is even considered a muslim since he doesn't pray or make hajj?

thank you and salam