A woman advising her husband to maintain voluntary acts of worship

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. She says: In the beginning of our married life, my husband used to perform all the voluntary acts of worship. Now he has started to cut back. When I remind him of Allah or encourage him to pray the night prayer or fast on Mondays and Thursdays, he says he is tired and that all his time is spent outside the home. When I remind him of the debts he owes, he says his intention is there; that he will pay off whatever debt is on him, if Allah wills. The days and months pass, and the debt remains as it is. Where is the advice through your flourishing program? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
First, if he is maintaining the obligatory acts, then leaving off the voluntary acts is an easy matter. It does not require the woman to criticize him for that, because the voluntary acts are recommended. If he performs them, it is an increase in good, and if he leaves them off, there is no blame on him. However, the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones should not be left off, and likewise the witr prayer should not be left off, neither in residence nor in travel. As for what is in addition to that of the absolute voluntary acts, and fasting on Monday and Thursday, if he performs them, there is much good in it, and it is recommended. The Muslim needs righteous deeds, and if he leaves off some of them, there is no blame in that. Yes.