The ruling on the retention of a wife who abandons prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: I married a woman from an Arab country, and she bore me children, but she does not perform the prayer. I have advised her many times, but she has not responded. What should I do with her now, O Shaykh?
Answer:
She is not a suitable wife for you, and it is not permissible for her to remain with you, because if she abandons the prayer intentionally, she has committed disbelief and exited the religion, and she does not remain with a Muslim. It is obligatory for you to hasten to separate from her. If she does not repent to Allah, let you hasten to separate from her. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10] So, if she abandons the prayer intentionally, she becomes a disbeliever, and it is not permissible to retain her. It is obligatory to separate from her. Yes.
This questioner says: I married a woman from an Arab country, and she bore me children, but she does not perform the prayer. I have advised her many times, but she has not responded. What should I do with her now, O Shaykh?
Answer:
She is not a suitable wife for you, and it is not permissible for her to remain with you, because if she abandons the prayer intentionally, she has committed disbelief and exited the religion, and she does not remain with a Muslim. It is obligatory for you to hasten to separate from her. If she does not repent to Allah, let you hasten to separate from her. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
And hold not to marriage bonds with disbelieving women
وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/268 — archive.org (7:37)
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