Ok but I don't understand though, why is not smoking weed and then not pray 'better' then smoke weed and pray while being intoxicated?
Basically if you don't pray, that is hands down really bad.
If you do pray, then that is avoiding one of the biggest sins out there.
Blasphemy, drinking alcohol, and not praying are like HUGE no-no's. As long as you are avoiding those, the other 'smaller' sins like for girls not to wear a scarf, and some people that smoke weed for pleasure are not as big of a deal.
You cannot pray if you have consumed alcohol and you can still feel the affects, or if you have anything on your skin, hair, etc. that has alcohol in it because it is considered najas (filth), and it would be considered the same as having blood or poop on you (which is not acceptable to have on you while praying).
I haven't asked if smoking right before you pray is acceptable or not, but I know some of the smaller sins, like for girls not to wear a scarf is not acceptable during prayer. For a woman's prayer to be accepted she must cover everything except her face, hands and feet. She also can't pray while she's on her period because of the fact that she's constantly having najas (filth) on her body, so therefore she cannot pray.
I guess you can also compare it to girls that wear scarves that don't pray everyday compared to girls that don't wear a scarf but do pray everyday.
Although looks can be deceiving, the scarf girl who doesn't pray regularly is committing way bigger of a sin than a girl that shows off her body and hair, but prays 5 times a day (she must cover up for the prayer though, which is not hard to do, there are huge robes they throw on).
Lol, maybe we should have a Islamic Questions thread, I guess I know more than I realize. haha.