Renewing the marriage contract for one who abandons prayer if he repents
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: A man who does not pray contracted a marriage with a woman, then he prayed before consummating the marriage. Does he renew the contract? And what if he prayed after consummating the marriage?
Answer:
I mean, he... he prayed, meaning he repented. The question is not clear. He does not pray, meaning he is one who abandons prayer, and he contracted marriage with a woman while he was abandoning prayer. A Muslim woman. This is not permissible, and the contract is not valid. Then he repented after that. The contract is renewed if he repents; the contract is renewed anew because the first contract was not valid. His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:221].
[Al-Baqarah 2:221] meaning, do not marry [Al-Baqarah 2:221]. He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]. If you know [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] when [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] and the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, his marriage to a Muslim woman is not valid, but if he repents with a sincere repentance, then a new contract is made for him.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: A man who does not pray contracted a marriage with a woman, then he prayed before consummating the marriage. Does he renew the contract? And what if he prayed after consummating the marriage?
Answer:
I mean, he... he prayed, meaning he repented. The question is not clear. He does not pray, meaning he is one who abandons prayer, and he contracted marriage with a woman while he was abandoning prayer. A Muslim woman. This is not permissible, and the contract is not valid. Then he repented after that. The contract is renewed if he repents; the contract is renewed anew because the first contract was not valid. His saying, the Exalted:
And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe.
وَلَا تُنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُواAnd do not marry
وَلَا تُنكِحُواpolytheistic men [to your women] until they believe
الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُواAnd if you know them to be believers
فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍO you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them. Allah is most knowing as to their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا جَاءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَانِهِنَّ فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّnor are they lawful [husbands] for them
لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 24 — archive.org (34:10)
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