What is the ruling on a wife who does not listen to or obey her husband, and he wants to teach her the prayer?

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Question:
What is the ruling on a wife who does not listen to or obey her husband, and he wants to teach her the prayer?

Answer:
If she intentionally abandons the prayer, she is of sound mind, possessing intellect, not insane or mad, and he orders her to pray. She is not a disbeliever. It is not permissible for him to keep her. Allah the Exalted said:

O you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them. Allah is most knowing as to their faith. 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 [husbands] for them. But give the disbelievers what they have spent. And there is no blame upon you if you marry them when you have given them their due compensation. And hold not to marriage bonds with disbelieving women, but ask for what you have spent and let them ask for what they have spent. That is the judgement of Allah; He judges between you. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ

[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]

Or Allah the Exalted said:

And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe

وَلَا تَنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ

[Al-Baqarah 2:221]

This major [sin]—if she persists in abandoning the prayer, she must not remain in his guardianship. It is obligatory for the one in authority to compel her to repent. If she repents, well and good; otherwise, she is to be killed as an apostate from the religion of Islam. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الحكم في الزوجة التي لم تسمع ولم تستجب لزوجها وهو يريد أن يعلمها الصلاة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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