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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A husband who sleeps through the Fajr prayer and is late with his colleagues

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Question:
The sister questioner mentions in her question sent to the program that she is newly married and complains about her husband who stays late with his colleagues at the rest houses. She says he comes home and sleeps through the Fajr prayer, while he is diligent in the other prayers. What should I do with him?

Answer:
Ahmad has committed two crimes. The first crime is against Allah the Exalted, which is that he stays up with his companions and then sleeps through the Fajr prayer. He abandons the congregational prayer and abandons the prayer at its time. The second crime is against the wife, because the wife has the right to companionship and spending the night with her husband, so he must not neglect her right.
So these people should fear Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in the rights of Allah and the rights of His servants, and they should abandon this behavior and the laxity in the rest areas, in the cafes, and elsewhere.
Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says, “And live with them in kindness.” He says (Glorified and Exalted is He):
And due to the wives is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonableوَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
[Al-Baqarah 2:228]
So it is not permissible for him to neglect the right of his wife. His wife may be afraid of his leaving her at night; perhaps she fears that someone might come to her, or, glory be to Allah, she is in need of him.
Source فتاوى على الهواء 27-03-1436هـ — af.org.sa (14:04)

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