If the husband abandons prayer and fasting and believes that they are not part of his religion, is it permissible for the wife to leave him?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says that she is a woman who emigrated with her husband to the lands of the disbelievers five years ago, and now the husband has abandoned prayer and fasting,
The Shaykh:
She is a woman.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. A woman emigrated with her husband to the lands of the disbelievers five years ago, and now her husband has abandoned prayer and fasting, and he says these things are not of my religion. The question is: Is it permissible for her to leave this husband? And if she does so, has she learned
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for her; she is not his wife. If he intentionally abandons prayer and fasting, and greater than that, he says this is not of my religion. This is denial and ignorance. So he is a disbeliever, and she does not stay with him. If she has a guardian, he goes and brings him. And she does not stay with this disbeliever. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says that she is a woman who emigrated with her husband to the lands of the disbelievers five years ago, and now the husband has abandoned prayer and fasting,
The Shaykh:
She is a woman.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. A woman emigrated with her husband to the lands of the disbelievers five years ago, and now her husband has abandoned prayer and fasting, and he says these things are not of my religion. The question is: Is it permissible for her to leave this husband? And if she does so, has she learned
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory for her; she is not his wife. If he intentionally abandons prayer and fasting, and greater than that, he says this is not of my religion. This is denial and ignorance. So he is a disbeliever, and she does not stay with him. If she has a guardian, he goes and brings him. And she does not stay with this disbeliever. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1422- 4717] إذا ترك الزوج الصلاة والصيام واعتقد أنها ليست من دينه فهل يجوز للزوجة أن تفارقه؟ — youtube.com
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