The ruling on dealing with a sister who does not pray and commits sins
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner from Britain who says to me: A sister does not pray, and she commits fornication with disbelievers, and she smokes, and she commits other sins besides these. I have advised her many times, but she did not accept, so my father, my brothers, and I boycotted her as a form of discipline, but it did not help.
He says: My parents do not prevent her from visiting our house. I do not live with them, but she may come when I am present. What is your advice to me regarding how to deal with this sister, as I am afraid of her influence on my children, because she has already influenced my sisters? Also, she thinks that we are like her in evil. What is your advice to me?
The Shaykh:
What does she do?
The questioner:
She has no job. He says to me: A sister who does not pray. He did not mention any job for her.
The Shaykh:
We leave her.
The questioner:
She does not pray, yes, and she commits fornication with disbelievers, and she buries.
The Shaykh:
Fornication, yes, meaning she commits zina (unlawful sexual intercourse).
The questioner:
Yes, she commits zina.
The Shaykh:
So she is not a Muslim. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim. If she also considers zina permissible, then she is not a Muslim. But if she commits zina while not considering it permissible, then she is a sinner. The fact is that abandoning prayer intentionally is kufr (disbelief), major shirk (associating partners with Allah) that takes one out of the religion. As for her visiting you and you advising her, do not despair of her guidance. Let her visit you and advise her. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a questioner from Britain who says to me: A sister does not pray, and she commits fornication with disbelievers, and she smokes, and she commits other sins besides these. I have advised her many times, but she did not accept, so my father, my brothers, and I boycotted her as a form of discipline, but it did not help.
He says: My parents do not prevent her from visiting our house. I do not live with them, but she may come when I am present. What is your advice to me regarding how to deal with this sister, as I am afraid of her influence on my children, because she has already influenced my sisters? Also, she thinks that we are like her in evil. What is your advice to me?
The Shaykh:
What does she do?
The questioner:
She has no job. He says to me: A sister who does not pray. He did not mention any job for her.
The Shaykh:
We leave her.
The questioner:
She does not pray, yes, and she commits fornication with disbelievers, and she buries.
The Shaykh:
Fornication, yes, meaning she commits zina (unlawful sexual intercourse).
The questioner:
Yes, she commits zina.
The Shaykh:
So she is not a Muslim. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim. If she also considers zina permissible, then she is not a Muslim. But if she commits zina while not considering it permissible, then she is a sinner. The fact is that abandoning prayer intentionally is kufr (disbelief), major shirk (associating partners with Allah) that takes one out of the religion. As for her visiting you and you advising her, do not despair of her guidance. Let her visit you and advise her. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
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