The woman's obligation toward a husband who abandons prayer
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Question:
She is married and has children, and her husband engages in what is wrong and does not maintain the prayers; he prays one day and leaves it off for a week. I cannot leave the house because of my children, and I am innocent of him and his actions. I am, praise be to Allah, a Muslim who maintains my prayers and obeys my Lord, praise be to Allah. But my problem is my husband. I ask Your Eminence the Shaykh to please resolve my problem, for his treatment of me has become bad, and he has committed many sins against us. What is the ruling on my staying with him and my children? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to leave with your children to your family if that is possible; because abandoning prayer is major shirk (associating partners with Allah) in the most correct of the scholars' opinions, even if he did not deny its obligation. As for if he denies its obligation, he disbelieves in faith. But if he does not deny its obligation, he disbelieves by abandoning it in the most correct of the scholars' opinions, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Mishkat al-Masabih 569 which Imam Muslim recorded in his Sahih from Jabir, and due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) Mishkat al-Masabih 574, which Imam Ahmad recorded and in the four Sunan with a sound chain from Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him).
Along with other hadiths on this matter. If you cannot leave, stay with your children and deny him access to yourself; do not allow him access to yourself, neither intercourse nor kissing nor anything else, until he straightens out and prays. And if he refuses, take his case to the court so that they separate you from him. If Allah guides him through your efforts and he repents to Allah and prays, praise be to Allah. Otherwise, it is obligatory for you to refuse him, and he must not approach you with a kiss, intercourse, or the like. You may leave to your family's house if that is feasible. In fact, you are required to leave so that you distance yourself from him. Obedience to Satan is his right. We ask Allah for his guidance; we ask Allah to bestow guidance upon him.
The presenter:
O Allah, amen.
She is married and has children, and her husband engages in what is wrong and does not maintain the prayers; he prays one day and leaves it off for a week. I cannot leave the house because of my children, and I am innocent of him and his actions. I am, praise be to Allah, a Muslim who maintains my prayers and obeys my Lord, praise be to Allah. But my problem is my husband. I ask Your Eminence the Shaykh to please resolve my problem, for his treatment of me has become bad, and he has committed many sins against us. What is the ruling on my staying with him and my children? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to leave with your children to your family if that is possible; because abandoning prayer is major shirk (associating partners with Allah) in the most correct of the scholars' opinions, even if he did not deny its obligation. As for if he denies its obligation, he disbelieves in faith. But if he does not deny its obligation, he disbelieves by abandoning it in the most correct of the scholars' opinions, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
What lies between a man and infidelity is the abandonment of prayer.
صلى الله عليه وسلم بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاة،as saying, “The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become an infidel.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفرAlong with other hadiths on this matter. If you cannot leave, stay with your children and deny him access to yourself; do not allow him access to yourself, neither intercourse nor kissing nor anything else, until he straightens out and prays. And if he refuses, take his case to the court so that they separate you from him. If Allah guides him through your efforts and he repents to Allah and prays, praise be to Allah. Otherwise, it is obligatory for you to refuse him, and he must not approach you with a kiss, intercourse, or the like. You may leave to your family's house if that is feasible. In fact, you are required to leave so that you distance yourself from him. Obedience to Satan is his right. We ask Allah for his guidance; we ask Allah to bestow guidance upon him.
The presenter:
O Allah, amen.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 10080 - واجب المرأة تجاه الزوج التارك للصلاة - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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