How should I deal with someone who stays in my house and says, "I am a disbeliever"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says to me: A relative of mine stays with me in my house, and he is a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to my wife, but he does not pray. If he prays on a given day, he perhaps prays only one obligatory prayer. When I advised him on some occasions to pray, I said to him... When I advised him on some occasions to pray, he says, "I am a disbeliever and I do not like prayer," and words to that effect. I tried to expel him, but he refused to leave without feeling... The question is: What is the solution regarding him, given that he eats and drinks with me?
Answer:
If he has a sound mind and says this with reason and awareness, then he is a disbeliever. Even if he prays while saying, "I am a disbeliever," his prayer is not valid. Even if he says, "I do not like prayer," he is a disbeliever, even if he prays.
[Muhammad 47:9], [Muhammad 47:26], [Muhammad 47:27]? We ask Allah for safety. If he hates prayer, he hates what Allah has revealed. This is an apostate from the religion of Islam, even if he prays, unless he repents and prays after repenting.
As for your position, it is not permissible for you to keep him in your house. Rather, you must expel him and keep him away from your house. The house is your house. No one enters it except those you have given permission to. You must expel him. And...
...that you hand him over to the authorities so that he may be held accountable for this speech and this act, which is neglecting prayer and the speech of apostasy. Yes. Except... At the very least, expel him from your house if you do not take him to the authorities. At the very least, do not let him take shelter in your house. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says to me: A relative of mine stays with me in my house, and he is a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to my wife, but he does not pray. If he prays on a given day, he perhaps prays only one obligatory prayer. When I advised him on some occasions to pray, I said to him... When I advised him on some occasions to pray, he says, "I am a disbeliever and I do not like prayer," and words to that effect. I tried to expel him, but he refused to leave without feeling... The question is: What is the solution regarding him, given that he eats and drinks with me?
Answer:
If he has a sound mind and says this with reason and awareness, then he is a disbeliever. Even if he prays while saying, "I am a disbeliever," his prayer is not valid. Even if he says, "I do not like prayer," he is a disbeliever, even if he prays.
That is because they disliked what Allah revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالَهُمْThat is because they said to those who disliked what Allah sent down, "We will obey you in part of the matter." And Allah knows what they conceal.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا مَا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَمْرِ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِسْرَارَهُمْThen how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْAs for your position, it is not permissible for you to keep him in your house. Rather, you must expel him and keep him away from your house. The house is your house. No one enters it except those you have given permission to. You must expel him. And...
...that you hand him over to the authorities so that he may be held accountable for this speech and this act, which is neglecting prayer and the speech of apostasy. Yes. Except... At the very least, expel him from your house if you do not take him to the authorities. At the very least, do not let him take shelter in your house. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف أتصرف مع من يقيم في بيتي، ويقول أنا كافر؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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