Advising a mother who abandons prayer and the ruling on marriage between her and her husband
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Question:
From the Arab Republic of Egypt, a message sent by a listener whose name is indicated by the letters M, Y, and K. He says: I advise my mother frequently to pray, but she has not prayed for a long time. Allah knows whether she used to pray or not. When I explain to her the virtue of prayer, its reward, and the consequences of the punishment for abandoning it, as I have learned and you have learned from the Sunnah of the best of the messengers, she prays for a few days and then stops, and so on repeatedly. What is obligatory for me in this matter? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good, about her relationship with my father since their marriage, which has lasted forty-five years; he prays and she does not. I also want clarification of my position and that of my siblings, since the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained, and consequently her marriage is invalid. Did any of the invalidity of the marriage between them affect us? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, the advice you mentioned is obligatory. You must continue to advise your mother and to disapprove of her actions, because abandoning prayer is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). It is also obligatory for your father to command her to pray, to disapprove of her actions, and to compel her to pray. If she does not comply, he must separate from her, because she would be a disbeliever and he is a Muslim, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to marry a disbeliever who is not from the People of the Book. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
From the Arab Republic of Egypt, a message sent by a listener whose name is indicated by the letters M, Y, and K. He says: I advise my mother frequently to pray, but she has not prayed for a long time. Allah knows whether she used to pray or not. When I explain to her the virtue of prayer, its reward, and the consequences of the punishment for abandoning it, as I have learned and you have learned from the Sunnah of the best of the messengers, she prays for a few days and then stops, and so on repeatedly. What is obligatory for me in this matter? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good, about her relationship with my father since their marriage, which has lasted forty-five years; he prays and she does not. I also want clarification of my position and that of my siblings, since the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained, and consequently her marriage is invalid. Did any of the invalidity of the marriage between them affect us? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, the advice you mentioned is obligatory. You must continue to advise your mother and to disapprove of her actions, because abandoning prayer is disbelief in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). It is also obligatory for your father to command her to pray, to disapprove of her actions, and to compel her to pray. If she does not comply, he must separate from her, because she would be a disbeliever and he is a Muslim, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to marry a disbeliever who is not from the People of the Book. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/267 — archive.org (19:52)
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