What is the ruling on remaining with a husband who does not pray?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: My husband does not pray, and I do pray, praise be to Allah. I have advised him many times and told him, "Fear Allah and pray." He said to me, "I will pray, if Allah wills," but he still does not pray. Should I leave this man completely or not? Knowing that I live in a non-Muslim country, a non-Muslim country.

Answer:
It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to remain in the marriage bond of a man who does not pray, because the one who abandons the prayer is a disbeliever who has exited the religion. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:

And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful

فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ

[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]

To them, He the Exalted said:

And 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.

وَلَا تُنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ

[Al-Baqarah 2:221]

It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to remain with a disbelieving husband; rather, she must separate from him, unless he repents to Allah. If he repents to Allah and maintains the prayer, yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم البقاء مع زوج لا يصلي؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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