My father is 90 years old and is not consistent in his prayer, then he abandoned it completely due to an excuse of urinary incontinence. What is his ruling as a Muslim?

The questioner:
My father is ninety years old, and he is abandoning the prayer. When I invite him to perform it, he says that he is excused because of urinary incontinence. I reject this for him, stating that this is not an excuse, and I explained to him the principles that should be followed. My father used to pray intermittently, and his character is dominated by harshness toward his wife and children, and he does not conduct his life well. However, his mind, however his mind is not impaired in any way. He did not maintain the congregational prayer. He abandons faith and knowledge, but he remembers Allah a lot when he goes to bed. What is his ruling as a Muslim? And what is his relationship with his children? Given the situation described, may Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.

The Shaykh:
The condition of this man is bad; because he is neglecting the prayer, and whoever neglects the prayer has no share in Islam. So he must repent to Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and the conclusion of his life should be repentance and maintaining the prayer. Repentance is by which Allah forgives what has passed So he must seize the opportunity of the remainder of his life, for perhaps little remains for him in the knowledge of Allah. So he must hasten to sincere repentance, maintaining the prayers, and asking Allah. And he must ask Allah for a good ending and dying upon Islam.
As for if he remains in this state that you mentioned, not praying except intermittently as before, and perhaps not praying at all, excusing himself with urinary incontinence, then in this state he is not upon the religion of Islam. And if he dies in this state, he dies as a non-Muslim, unless he thinks that urinary incontinence is an excuse for him to abandon the prayer due to his ignorance. Perhaps disbelief is excused from him because of his ignorance and his belief that prayer is not obligatory upon him due to urinary incontinence. But this has been removed by your explanation to him. You explained to him that prayer does not drop from a Muslim as long as his mind is sound, but he prays according to his condition. The one with urinary incontinence performs wudu, cleanses himself first, and places a barrier on his private part from the leakage of urine, then performs wudu and prays immediately. And he does at every prayer what he did in the prayer before it of cleansing, wudu, and praying immediately. It is not permissible for him to abandon the prayer. So if this becomes clear to him and he persists in abandoning the prayer, then he becomes a disbeliever because his excuse has been removed. The result is that the matter is very serious, and you must hasten to urge him to repent, remind him, and warn him with Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Remind him of death, and that he is old in age, so he must hasten to repent so that his death may overtake him, and he has repented to Allah, and his ending is good, so that he may be among the people of Paradise. But if he remains in this state, especially after the removal of ignorance from him, and his intentional persistence in abandoning the prayer, then he is not a Muslim. And if he dies in this state, he dies other than upon Islam. His remembrance of Allah with his tongue does not benefit him anything as long as he is neglecting the prayer, because he is not upon his religion. And if a disbeliever does what he did of good deeds and words, they are not valid for him, and he is not rewarded for them, because he did not build them upon a correct foundation. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you. Should he seek the help of other people, because advice from relatives usually does not have other effects, Shaykh Salih?

The Shaykh:
Yes, he should seek the help of his relatives and others, and students of knowledge, perhaps Allah will guide him and make him hear something of the words of the people of knowledge.