The ruling on living with a husband who abandons prayer

Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih, this is a woman asking. She says: I have a husband who prays at home without an excuse. Sometimes he prays, and sometimes he does not. He also misses the Friday prayer several times. I advise him a great deal, but he does not heed my advice. So please advise us, may Allah reward you with good. What should I do? Is it permissible to live with him?

Answer:
Abandoning prayer in the mosque without an excuse is a great deficiency and the abandonment of a great obligation. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made it obligatory for Muslims to pray in the mosques, and he threatened those who lag behind in prayer in the mosques without an excuse, describing them as hypocrites. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said that he would have the houses of those who lag behind burned down with fire. And Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have seen us, and none lagged behind it except a known hypocrite whose hypocrisy was well known. A blind man came to seek permission from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to pray in his home because of the hardship he faced on his way to the mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Do you hear the call to prayer? He said: Yes. He said: Then respond to it. It is obligatory for him to repent to Allah and not abandon prayer in the mosque. As for his abandoning some of the prayers and the Friday prayer, this is a matter of great danger. So you must advise him and warn him of the evil of his action. If he persists in abandoning prayer, it is not permissible for you to remain with him; rather, it is obligatory for you to seek separation. Abandoning prayer is disbelief, and a Muslim woman does not remain with a disbeliever. Yes.