The ruling on maintaining ties with a brother who does not pray and does not fast

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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. This questioner, Abdulaziz, says: I have a brother who does not pray and does not fast. Do I maintain ties with him? And what is my obligation toward him?

Answer:
The one who does not pray and does not fast is not a Muslim. The one who does not pray is not a believer. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Between a person and Kufr (disbelief) is abandoning the prayer.

بين العبد وبين الكفر ترك الصلاة.

Sunan Ibn Majah 1078Sahih (Darussalam)

And in a hadith:

The covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.

آخر العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفر.

Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam)

And Allah the Exalted said:

[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ

[Al-Muddaththir 74:42]

meaning the Fire, and meaning the disbelievers who entered the Fire.

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ

[Al-Muddaththir 74:43]

Allah the Exalted said regarding the disbelievers:

⁽⁴⁸⁾ And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow. ⁽⁴⁹⁾ Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

[Al-Mursalat 77:48-49]

So the one who abandons prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, a disbelief that takes him out of the religion. And the one who abandons zakah, if he is one who denies its obligation, he is also a disbeliever. But if he is stingy with it while acknowledging its obligation, it is taken from him by force and he is compelled to pay it, because it is a right for the poor and the needy. It is taken from him by force and placed in its prescribed places, and he is not left to not pay zakah. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7126- حكم صلة الأخ الذي لا يصلي ولا يصوم - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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