The Ruling on One Who Abandons Prayer and the Duty of One Who Advises Him
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Question:
This questioner says to you, Honorable Shaykh: A colleague of mine does not pray, so I advised him, but he did not respond. I then informed our supervisor and told him that he fears being transferred, so I advised him to pray and threatened him with a transfer. My colleague got angry with me. The question is: Was my action wrong? And what is obligatory for me toward him?
Answer:
May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions, and may He bless them. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Between a person and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer." He also said (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) The evidence from the Book and the Sunnah regarding the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer is abundant. Yes.
It is not sufficient that this person is not transferred; rather, he must be removed from his job. In fact, he must be killed if he does not repent to Allah and maintain the prayer. He is to be given the opportunity to repent; if he repents, well and good, otherwise he is to be killed. What you did with him is the obligatory duty of advice upon you: reminding him of Allah. If he does not accept and persists in abandoning the prayer, then he must be killed. Yes.
It is not sufficient that he is transferred from his job; rather, his original employment was a mistake. It is not permissible to appoint a disbeliever to the affairs of the Muslims, because he would become a role model for others.
This questioner says to you, Honorable Shaykh: A colleague of mine does not pray, so I advised him, but he did not respond. I then informed our supervisor and told him that he fears being transferred, so I advised him to pray and threatened him with a transfer. My colleague got angry with me. The question is: Was my action wrong? And what is obligatory for me toward him?
Answer:
May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions, and may He bless them. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Between a person and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer." He also said (peace and blessings be upon him):
The covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
الْعَهْدُ الَّذِي بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمُ الصَّلاَةُ فَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا فَقَدْ كَفَرَ.It is not sufficient that this person is not transferred; rather, he must be removed from his job. In fact, he must be killed if he does not repent to Allah and maintain the prayer. He is to be given the opportunity to repent; if he repents, well and good, otherwise he is to be killed. What you did with him is the obligatory duty of advice upon you: reminding him of Allah. If he does not accept and persists in abandoning the prayer, then he must be killed. Yes.
It is not sufficient that he is transferred from his job; rather, his original employment was a mistake. It is not permissible to appoint a disbeliever to the affairs of the Muslims, because he would become a role model for others.
Source
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