What is the ruling on eating at the home of a person who does not pray?
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The questioner : Shaykh, this questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for us to eat at the home of a person who does not pray?
The Shaykh : The person who never prays, neither in the mosque nor at home, is a disbeliever who has committed apostasy from Islam. It is obligatory to advise him first. If he repents, that is what is desired; if he does not repent, it is obligatory to boycott him, because he is an apostate, and an apostate is in a worse state than an original disbeliever, because an apostate is not left in his state of apostasy. He is to be called to Islam, and if he does not embrace Islam, he is to be killed. Look, if it is possible for you to go to him and advise him and he repents, that is what is obligatory upon you. And if it is not possible, such that you have advised him but he did not straighten out, then boycott him and cut off ties with him, even if he is your closest relative.
The Shaykh : The person who never prays, neither in the mosque nor at home, is a disbeliever who has committed apostasy from Islam. It is obligatory to advise him first. If he repents, that is what is desired; if he does not repent, it is obligatory to boycott him, because he is an apostate, and an apostate is in a worse state than an original disbeliever, because an apostate is not left in his state of apostasy. He is to be called to Islam, and if he does not embrace Islam, he is to be killed. Look, if it is possible for you to go to him and advise him and he repents, that is what is obligatory upon you. And if it is not possible, such that you have advised him but he did not straighten out, then boycott him and cut off ties with him, even if he is your closest relative.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2195- ما حكم الأكل عند شخص لا يصلي/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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