Renouncing the Obligatory in Prayer and Zakah
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The questioner:
The questioner says: We have students of knowledge who say that the refusal of the pregnant woman, the nursing woman, the menstruating woman, and the woman in post-natal bleeding to pray falls under the category of renouncing an obligation.
The Shaykh:
How do the pregnant and nursing women renounce prayer? Do the pregnant and nursing women renounce prayer? It is obligatory for them to pray; prayer is not dropped for the pregnant or nursing woman. It is the menstruating woman for whom prayer is dropped during the period of menstruation. As for the pregnant and nursing women, prayer is not dropped for them. If that is what he intended in his question, shall I repeat the question?
The questioner:
He said: We have students of knowledge who say that the refusal of the pregnant woman, the nursing woman, the menstruating woman, and the woman in post-natal bleeding to pray falls under the category of renouncing an obligation.
The Shaykh:
This is a mix-up born of ignorance. Yes, the menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding have no prayer; are they renouncing it? They have no prayer at all. Allah has made it easy for them as long as they are in post-natal bleeding or menstruation. As for the pregnant and nursing women, they do not renounce prayer; it is obligatory for them to pray.
The questioner:
And he gave another example, may Allah reward you. They say that the refusal of the poor person to pay zakah falls under the category of renouncing an obligation.
The Shaykh:
Zakah is not obligatory upon the poor person so that he would renounce it. The poor person has no zakah. I do not know what is happening with these questions. As for what is happening with them, Allah knows best that he has no thought, let alone knowledge.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: We have students of knowledge who say that the refusal of the pregnant woman, the nursing woman, the menstruating woman, and the woman in post-natal bleeding to pray falls under the category of renouncing an obligation.
The Shaykh:
How do the pregnant and nursing women renounce prayer? Do the pregnant and nursing women renounce prayer? It is obligatory for them to pray; prayer is not dropped for the pregnant or nursing woman. It is the menstruating woman for whom prayer is dropped during the period of menstruation. As for the pregnant and nursing women, prayer is not dropped for them. If that is what he intended in his question, shall I repeat the question?
The questioner:
He said: We have students of knowledge who say that the refusal of the pregnant woman, the nursing woman, the menstruating woman, and the woman in post-natal bleeding to pray falls under the category of renouncing an obligation.
The Shaykh:
This is a mix-up born of ignorance. Yes, the menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding have no prayer; are they renouncing it? They have no prayer at all. Allah has made it easy for them as long as they are in post-natal bleeding or menstruation. As for the pregnant and nursing women, they do not renounce prayer; it is obligatory for them to pray.
The questioner:
And he gave another example, may Allah reward you. They say that the refusal of the poor person to pay zakah falls under the category of renouncing an obligation.
The Shaykh:
Zakah is not obligatory upon the poor person so that he would renounce it. The poor person has no zakah. I do not know what is happening with these questions. As for what is happening with them, Allah knows best that he has no thought, let alone knowledge.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
تفسير الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب [4] — alfawzan.live (1:04:58)
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