His wife does not pray, so how should he deal with her?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A message from one of the listening brothers says: I am Maim, a brother from one of the Arab countries, and I have several questions I want you to issue a ruling on. May Allah reward you a thousand times with good, and I want you to present them to me at an appropriate time. Then he asks and says: My wife never prays, and whenever I tell her to pray, she forgets and prays once and once only when I am with her. Give us a ruling on my situation. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
No. There is no Islam and no religion without the prayer. So this woman who does not pray is a disbeliever. It is obligatory for you to compel her to pray. If she repents and maintains the prayer, she is your wife. But if she continues to abandon the prayer intentionally, and commanding and compelling her does not benefit her, it is obligatory for you to separate from her.
Allah the Exalted and Glorious said:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]. He the Exalted and Glorious said: [Al-Baqarah 2:221].
So it is obligatory for you, if she does not commit to the prayer, does not repent to Allah Mighty and Majestic, and continues to abandon the prayer, to separate from her; because she is a disbeliever and you are a Muslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you well.
The questioner:
Many men and many women do not care about the matter of prayer. Is there a word from Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Those who do not care about the matter of prayer are in great danger. If they do not consider it obligatory, but rather see it as one of the social customs and traditions, as some of them say, then this is disbelief in Allah Mighty and Majestic. The one who denies the obligation of the prayer and does not see it as obligatory, and that it is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam, is considered a disbeliever in Allah Mighty and Majestic, even if he prays. But if their negligence regarding the prayer is due to laziness, and they do pray but have laziness, then this is a great danger that may lead them to abandoning the prayer. And whoever abandons the prayer intentionally becomes a disbeliever, by the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1078Sahih (Darussalam). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) . And it came in the hadith: . So the danger in negligence regarding the prayer is a great danger to the religion of Islam, because the prayer is the pillar of Islam, and it is the distinguishing factor between the Muslim and the disbeliever. So there is no share in Islam for the one who abandons the prayer. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A message from one of the listening brothers says: I am Maim, a brother from one of the Arab countries, and I have several questions I want you to issue a ruling on. May Allah reward you a thousand times with good, and I want you to present them to me at an appropriate time. Then he asks and says: My wife never prays, and whenever I tell her to pray, she forgets and prays once and once only when I am with her. Give us a ruling on my situation. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
No. There is no Islam and no religion without the prayer. So this woman who does not pray is a disbeliever. It is obligatory for you to compel her to pray. If she repents and maintains the prayer, she is your wife. But if she continues to abandon the prayer intentionally, and commanding and compelling her does not benefit her, it is obligatory for you to separate from her.
Allah the Exalted and Glorious said:
And hold not to marriage bonds with disbelieving women
وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِAnd do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you.
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ وَلَأَمَةٌ مُّؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْSo it is obligatory for you, if she does not commit to the prayer, does not repent to Allah Mighty and Majestic, and continues to abandon the prayer, to separate from her; because she is a disbeliever and you are a Muslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you well.
The questioner:
Many men and many women do not care about the matter of prayer. Is there a word from Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Those who do not care about the matter of prayer are in great danger. If they do not consider it obligatory, but rather see it as one of the social customs and traditions, as some of them say, then this is disbelief in Allah Mighty and Majestic. The one who denies the obligation of the prayer and does not see it as obligatory, and that it is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam, is considered a disbeliever in Allah Mighty and Majestic, even if he prays. But if their negligence regarding the prayer is due to laziness, and they do pray but have laziness, then this is a great danger that may lead them to abandoning the prayer. And whoever abandons the prayer intentionally becomes a disbeliever, by the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Between a person and Kufr (disbelief) is abandoning the prayer.
بين العبد وبين الكفر ترك الصلاة،The covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركهاhas disbelieved,
فقد كفر،The authentic hadith: Whoever abandons the 'Asr prayer, his deeds are nullified, or whoever misses the 'Asr prayer, his deeds are nullified,
الصحيح من ترك صلاة العصر حبط عمله، أو من فاتته صلاة العصر حبط عمله،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4711- زوجته لا تصلي فكيف يتعامل معها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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