What does a woman do if her husband does not pray?
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May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A sister of ours from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Umm al-Bara', has a case. She asks: What does a woman do if her husband does not pray? Knowing that he fasts the entire month of Ramadan, prays the two 'Id prayers and the Friday prayer, pays the zakah in full, does nothing wrong or disliked, loves good for all people, believes in Allah, fears Him and is reverent toward Him, and treats his wife with kindness and goodness. Knowing that she has advised him more than once. She turned to those friends who are dear to her to advise him. But he is lazy about the prayer. He does not pray it consistently. She prays, praise be to Allah. And all her children are observant of the prayer. This is a great calamity. If her intention is that he does not pray in congregation, but he
Answer:
performs the prayer in his house, then this is abandoning an obligation; because congregational prayer is obligatory, and she must disapprove of it in him and advise him. But if he does not pray in the sense that he abandons the prayer entirely, then this is considered disbelief, because the one who abandons the prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, especially if this is repeated from him and becomes his habit, and that he does not pray except some of the prayers like the Friday prayer and some of the prayers, then his prayer is not valid, because if he abandons some of the prayers, the prayers he does perform are not valid from him, because Allah the Exalted says[Al-Baqarah 2:238], He the Exalted said [Al-Mu'minun 23:9] so it is necessary to maintain all the prayers. As for the one who prays some of the prayers and abandons some, he is like the one who abandoned them all, and he is a disbeliever who has exited the religion until he repents to Allah the Exalted, and consequently his other deeds are not valid, not the fasting of Ramadan, not the charities, not the giving of zakah, nor any other of the deeds; until he repents to Allah and maintains the five prayers; because they are the pillar of Islam, and they are the second pillar after the two testimonies, and it was said from the pillars of Islam, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said Mishkat al-Masabih 569 Muslim. And this is an authentic, explicit hadith regarding the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer, in many proofs from the Book and the Sunnah indicating the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer, we ask Allah for safety.
So, if this is of this type, then he is a disbeliever in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it is not permissible for you to remain with him. It is not permissible for his wife to remain with him; a Muslim woman is not permitted to stay with a disbelieving husband. His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10], for them [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10], for them are the prophets. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:221] Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A sister of ours from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Umm al-Bara', has a case. She asks: What does a woman do if her husband does not pray? Knowing that he fasts the entire month of Ramadan, prays the two 'Id prayers and the Friday prayer, pays the zakah in full, does nothing wrong or disliked, loves good for all people, believes in Allah, fears Him and is reverent toward Him, and treats his wife with kindness and goodness. Knowing that she has advised him more than once. She turned to those friends who are dear to her to advise him. But he is lazy about the prayer. He does not pray it consistently. She prays, praise be to Allah. And all her children are observant of the prayer. This is a great calamity. If her intention is that he does not pray in congregation, but he
Answer:
performs the prayer in his house, then this is abandoning an obligation; because congregational prayer is obligatory, and she must disapprove of it in him and advise him. But if he does not pray in the sense that he abandons the prayer entirely, then this is considered disbelief, because the one who abandons the prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, especially if this is repeated from him and becomes his habit, and that he does not pray except some of the prayers like the Friday prayer and some of the prayers, then his prayer is not valid, because if he abandons some of the prayers, the prayers he does perform are not valid from him, because Allah the Exalted says
Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer
حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰAnd they who carefully maintain their prayers -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَWhat lies between a man and infidelity is the abandonment of prayer.
صلى الله عليه وسلم بين العبد وبين الكفر ترك الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفر رواهSo, if this is of this type, then he is a disbeliever in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and it is not permissible for you to remain with him. It is not permissible for his wife to remain with him; a Muslim woman is not permitted to stay with a disbelieving husband. His saying, the Exalted:
And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers
فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِlawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands]
حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَAnd do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allah invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses to the people that perhaps they may remember.
وَلَا تُنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ أُولَٰئِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيُبَيِّنُ آيَاتِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4034- ما تفعل المرأة إذا كان لها زوج لا يصلي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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