The Ruling on One Who Denies Zakah

The questioner : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, a husband does not pray, does not fast, and denies zakah. We have called him many times to return to Allah, but he refused and persisted in his sin. What is the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view, regarding the wife continuing her life with him, given that the wife is committed and knows the limits of Allah?

The Shaykh : He says he does not pray. Yes, I say that this husband is a disbeliever and an apostate. It is obligatory for those in authority who know of him to call him to repentance. If he persists in abandoning prayer and fasting, he must be killed as a disbeliever and apostate, may Allah protect us from that. It is not permissible for his wife to remain with him for even a blink of an eye; rather, she must leave the place and go to her family until the investigation into his case is completed.