The Ruling on Eating with One Who Abandons Prayer
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Question:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on eating with a person who does not pray, if they are in the same place?
Answer:
It is obligatory to give advice, even if you did not invite him. If you know that he does not pray, even if you did not invite him, you must give him advice. So you must advise him and rebuke him. If you have rebuked him and advised him, there is no harm in eating with him, if this happens once, meaning by chance you and he meet at an invitation or at a meal. However, sitting with him and associating with him while he does not pray is not permissible. If he persists in abandoning the prayer, it is not permissible to associate with him or sit with him, even if you do not eat with him; the association itself is not permissible.
The questioner says: What is the ruling on eating with a person who does not pray, if they are in the same place?
Answer:
It is obligatory to give advice, even if you did not invite him. If you know that he does not pray, even if you did not invite him, you must give him advice. So you must advise him and rebuke him. If you have rebuked him and advised him, there is no harm in eating with him, if this happens once, meaning by chance you and he meet at an invitation or at a meal. However, sitting with him and associating with him while he does not pray is not permissible. If he persists in abandoning the prayer, it is not permissible to associate with him or sit with him, even if you do not eat with him; the association itself is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-073-فضل التفقه في الدين|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:25:17)
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