Is it permissible to eat and live with people who do not pray?
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Question:
Is it permissible for me to eat with people who do not pray, or to live in an apartment with them? Please note that each person has a room in the apartment, and please note that we are in a shared residence for many people. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Associating with sinners is not permissible except for the purpose of calling them to the truth and forbidding them from their evil. As for sitting with them and associating with them while remaining silent about their state, which involves disbelief and sin, because intentionally abandoning the prayer is disbelief in Allah the Exalted, this is a matter in which it is not permissible for a Muslim to sit with them or live with them. So you must seek another job and another place away from them. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Is it permissible for me to eat with people who do not pray, or to live in an apartment with them? Please note that each person has a room in the apartment, and please note that we are in a shared residence for many people. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Associating with sinners is not permissible except for the purpose of calling them to the truth and forbidding them from their evil. As for sitting with them and associating with them while remaining silent about their state, which involves disbelief and sin, because intentionally abandoning the prayer is disbelief in Allah the Exalted, this is a matter in which it is not permissible for a Muslim to sit with them or live with them. So you must seek another job and another place away from them. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الأكل والسكن مع أشخاص لا يصلون؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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