The obligation of one who resides with his family while they do not pray
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He also asks and says: My family does not pray. I spoke to them once and advised them, but to no avail. I explained things to them, but to no benefit. Please issue a ruling on my case: what should I do after this? May Allah reward you with good. And should I remain with them?
Answer:
If he means by his family that his wife does not pray and she refuses to pray, then it is obligatory for him to separate from her, because she is a disbeliever if she persists in abandoning the prayer. She is a disbeliever, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to keep a disbelieving woman. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] As for if he means by his family, for example, his father or his mother or his brothers who live with him in one house, then he should command them to pray, admonish them, and remind them. If they pray, praise be to Allah. If they continue to abandon the prayer, and he has the ability to separate from them and live apart from them, then it is obligatory for him to do so, and it is not permissible to remain with them.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He also asks and says: My family does not pray. I spoke to them once and advised them, but to no avail. I explained things to them, but to no benefit. Please issue a ruling on my case: what should I do after this? May Allah reward you with good. And should I remain with them?
Answer:
If he means by his family that his wife does not pray and she refuses to pray, then it is obligatory for him to separate from her, because she is a disbeliever if she persists in abandoning the prayer. She is a disbeliever, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to keep a disbelieving woman. Allah the Exalted said:
And hold not to marriage bonds with disbelieving women
وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4723- الواجب على من يقيم مع أهله وهم لا يصلون - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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