The ruling on living with a brother who does not pray in the mosque
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: We are three brothers, and we have families, and we live in one house.
The Shaykh:
We are what? Three brothers and we have families. Households.
The questioner:
Households, yes, and we live in one house, and our mother is with us, and one of my brothers does not pray in the mosque. I tried to leave the house and live in a second house, but my mother does not agree. If I leave my brothers, will I be considered undutiful to my mother?
The Shaykh:
What is the case with him? Does he pray? He has not abandoned the prayer; he has only abandoned praying in congregation. So he is abandoning an obligation, but he is performing the prayer; he prays. However, his abandoning the congregation is abandoning a great obligation and a great sin. So you must advise him, and do not leave the house, especially if your mother wants you to stay in the house. Pleasing her is required, along with advising this brother to pray in the mosque, and persisting in advising him, perhaps Allah will guide him. But as long as he prays and has not abandoned the prayer, it is permissible to live with him in the house. It is permissible to share the house with him and be in his company, but with rebuking him. As for if he does not pray at all, this is considered disbelief, and it is not permissible for him to remain in the house for one who is able to remove him.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, he says: We are three brothers, and we have families, and we live in one house.
The Shaykh:
We are what? Three brothers and we have families. Households.
The questioner:
Households, yes, and we live in one house, and our mother is with us, and one of my brothers does not pray in the mosque. I tried to leave the house and live in a second house, but my mother does not agree. If I leave my brothers, will I be considered undutiful to my mother?
The Shaykh:
What is the case with him? Does he pray? He has not abandoned the prayer; he has only abandoned praying in congregation. So he is abandoning an obligation, but he is performing the prayer; he prays. However, his abandoning the congregation is abandoning a great obligation and a great sin. So you must advise him, and do not leave the house, especially if your mother wants you to stay in the house. Pleasing her is required, along with advising this brother to pray in the mosque, and persisting in advising him, perhaps Allah will guide him. But as long as he prays and has not abandoned the prayer, it is permissible to live with him in the house. It is permissible to share the house with him and be in his company, but with rebuking him. As for if he does not pray at all, this is considered disbelief, and it is not permissible for him to remain in the house for one who is able to remove him.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 04 — archive.org (48:50)
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