My father and my brothers do not pray, so what is obligatory for me and my mother?
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Question:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I am a student, and my mother and I pray, praise be to Allah, but my father and my brothers do not pray. My father works in a bank, and I do not know if riba (usury or interest) is involved in his work. He does not pay zakah (the obligatory alms). What is obligatory for me and my mother, and what is the ruling on the money?
Answer:
Do they not pray at all, not in the house and not in the mosque, abandoning the prayer? Or do they not pray in the mosque but pray in the house? If it is the former, this is kufr (disbelief) that takes one out of the religion. If it is the latter, it is nifaq (hypocrisy); the one who does not pray with the congregation while being a believer who prays at home is a hypocrite.Sahih Muslim 654b As Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said. In any case, this is not permissible, because it is either kufr or nifaq. You must advise them. If they repent and establish the prayer, pray with the congregation. Otherwise, separate from them and live in a residence independent of them, if you are able to do so.
As for his work in the bank, it is not permissible, because working in a bank is cooperation in sin and aggression. Most banks are riba-based, so the one who works in them cooperates with them in sin and aggression. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who eats riba, the one who gives it, the scribe, and the two witnesses, because they cooperated with the one who eats riba; this one by his testimony and this one by his writing. Yes.
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I am a student, and my mother and I pray, praise be to Allah, but my father and my brothers do not pray. My father works in a bank, and I do not know if riba (usury or interest) is involved in his work. He does not pay zakah (the obligatory alms). What is obligatory for me and my mother, and what is the ruling on the money?
Answer:
Do they not pray at all, not in the house and not in the mosque, abandoning the prayer? Or do they not pray in the mosque but pray in the house? If it is the former, this is kufr (disbelief) that takes one out of the religion. If it is the latter, it is nifaq (hypocrisy); the one who does not pray with the congregation while being a believer who prays at home is a hypocrite.
I have seen the time when no one stayed away from it, except a hypocrite, who was well known for his hypocrisy, whereas a man would be brought swaying (due to weakness) between two men till he was set up in a row.
ولقد رايتنا وما يتخلف عنها الا منافق معلوم النفاق ولقد كان الرجل يؤتى به يهادى بين الرجلين حتى يقام في الصفAs for his work in the bank, it is not permissible, because working in a bank is cooperation in sin and aggression. Most banks are riba-based, so the one who works in them cooperates with them in sin and aggression. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who eats riba, the one who gives it, the scribe, and the two witnesses, because they cooperated with the one who eats riba; this one by his testimony and this one by his writing. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1993- 4717] أبي وإخوتي لا يصلون فما الواجب علي أنا وأمي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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