What is the ruling on one who does not pray and denies the resurrection, and what is the obligation of his wife?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : Is it possible, Shaykh? I have a question, may I ask? Please, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : Yes, raise the volume a little. A little? Yes. Raise the volume of the question, ask the question.
The questioner : Okay, my sister’s husband plays gambling, does not pray, and we eat the gifts he brings us. Do we enter their house or not? He does not pray, and he also denies the resurrection. Do we enter their house and eat their gifts or not? And do we enter their house and eat with them or not?
The Shaykh : I say, listen, convey to your sister that it is not permissible for her to stay with him, not even for the blink of an eye.
The questioner : We told her, yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory to inform the responsible authorities. Tell her that if he has intercourse with her, his intercourse with her is forbidden.
The questioner : She refused this. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, perhaps you refuse, you do not get angry about the matter.
The questioner : We must give you [the ruling], and if we give it to you, you complain, saying why did you not take it?
The Shaykh : Say, "There is no god but Allah."
The questioner : This is a calamity.
The Shaykh : Now I say, more important than whether you eat from him or not, that is a second matter, but convey to her now, immediately, from the day you put down the phone, go to her and tell her that I am saying that if the matter is as you described, that her husband denies the resurrection and does not pray, then her husband is a disbeliever who has apostatized from Islam, and it is not permissible for her to stay with him for the blink of an eye.
The questioner : No, no, she says he will take the children.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except with Allah. Fear Allah, I told you to convey my words to her.
The questioner : If Allah wills, but as for us, do we eat from her or not?
The Shaykh : Convey my words. I am not telling you to study or not to study.
The questioner : I have no problem.
The Shaykh : If he repents and turns to Allah, and acknowledges the resurrection and prays, then that is what is required, and we ask Allah for his guidance. If he does not do so, then convey to her that it is forbidden for him by the explicit text of the Noble Book. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Taghabun 64:7] So He named them disbelievers because they denied the resurrection. And He said: [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] It is not permissible for her, and she is not permissible for him. Convey this to her, and you will see by your conscience, I am conveying this to you now.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, but I, I refused all of this.
The Shaykh : You do not say "I am bound," you are speaking to her in your own tongue, but if you spoke to her on my behalf, then fear Allah, do not stay with him for the blink of an eye. If he denies the resurrection and does not pray, he is a disbeliever by the consensus of the Muslims, an apostate, and it is not permissible for her to stay with him ever. As for the matter of the children, if what she said is established, he has no custody over them, and they cannot remain with him either.
The questioner : Because there is no authority for a Muslim.
The Shaykh : Over a disbeliever.
The questioner : I tell you, there are no witnesses against him except herself.
The Shaykh : If there are no witnesses, it is herself. Allah will punish her for what she testifies to. She should try to escape from him as one escapes from a lion, and go to her family with her children.
The questioner : Do not forget.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The presenter : Thank you, Shaykh Muhammad, for this blessed guidance.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : Is it possible, Shaykh? I have a question, may I ask? Please, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : Yes, raise the volume a little. A little? Yes. Raise the volume of the question, ask the question.
The questioner : Okay, my sister’s husband plays gambling, does not pray, and we eat the gifts he brings us. Do we enter their house or not? He does not pray, and he also denies the resurrection. Do we enter their house and eat their gifts or not? And do we enter their house and eat with them or not?
The Shaykh : I say, listen, convey to your sister that it is not permissible for her to stay with him, not even for the blink of an eye.
The questioner : We told her, yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory to inform the responsible authorities. Tell her that if he has intercourse with her, his intercourse with her is forbidden.
The questioner : She refused this. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, perhaps you refuse, you do not get angry about the matter.
The questioner : We must give you [the ruling], and if we give it to you, you complain, saying why did you not take it?
The Shaykh : Say, "There is no god but Allah."
The questioner : This is a calamity.
The Shaykh : Now I say, more important than whether you eat from him or not, that is a second matter, but convey to her now, immediately, from the day you put down the phone, go to her and tell her that I am saying that if the matter is as you described, that her husband denies the resurrection and does not pray, then her husband is a disbeliever who has apostatized from Islam, and it is not permissible for her to stay with him for the blink of an eye.
The questioner : No, no, she says he will take the children.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except with Allah. Fear Allah, I told you to convey my words to her.
The questioner : If Allah wills, but as for us, do we eat from her or not?
The Shaykh : Convey my words. I am not telling you to study or not to study.
The questioner : I have no problem.
The Shaykh : If he repents and turns to Allah, and acknowledges the resurrection and prays, then that is what is required, and we ask Allah for his guidance. If he does not do so, then convey to her that it is forbidden for him by the explicit text of the Noble Book. Allah the Exalted said:
Those who disbelieve have claimed that they will never be resurrected.
زَعَمَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَن لَّن يُبْعَثُواAnd 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 [husbands] for them
فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good, but I, I refused all of this.
The Shaykh : You do not say "I am bound," you are speaking to her in your own tongue, but if you spoke to her on my behalf, then fear Allah, do not stay with him for the blink of an eye. If he denies the resurrection and does not pray, he is a disbeliever by the consensus of the Muslims, an apostate, and it is not permissible for her to stay with him ever. As for the matter of the children, if what she said is established, he has no custody over them, and they cannot remain with him either.
The questioner : Because there is no authority for a Muslim.
The Shaykh : Over a disbeliever.
The questioner : I tell you, there are no witnesses against him except herself.
The Shaykh : If there are no witnesses, it is herself. Allah will punish her for what she testifies to. She should try to escape from him as one escapes from a lion, and go to her family with her children.
The questioner : Do not forget.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The presenter : Thank you, Shaykh Muhammad, for this blessed guidance.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 250- ما حكم من لا يصلي وينكر البعث وماذا على زوجته /سؤال على الهاتف /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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