Dealing with a brother who abandons prayer
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Question:
He says: My brother does not pray, and I called him to pray, but he does not pray. What is your view, honorable Shaykh? Is he to be treated as a Muslim or as a disbeliever?
Answer:
If this brother of yours is unable to live independently and support himself, you must keep him with you and continue calling him to prayer, commanding him to pray, and compelling him to pray. So be patient with the hardship, and do not remain silent or despair. Allah the Exalted said:[Taha 20:132] with hardship and with ease. But if this person is independent and can live on his own, you must expel him. Expel him from your house and from your place of residence, and he should not remain with you in this state, may Allah protect us from it. He refuses and persists, and refuses to pray. This is not a Muslim. You must keep him away from you.
He says: My brother does not pray, and I called him to pray, but he does not pray. What is your view, honorable Shaykh? Is he to be treated as a Muslim or as a disbeliever?
Answer:
If this brother of yours is unable to live independently and support himself, you must keep him with you and continue calling him to prayer, commanding him to pray, and compelling him to pray. So be patient with the hardship, and do not remain silent or despair. Allah the Exalted said:
And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein.
وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 13/1 شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:08:07)
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