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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on a Husband Remaining with a Wife Who Abandons Prayer

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Question:
This is a questioner for the program who sent a question saying: What is the ruling of the Shari'ah, in your view, regarding a wife who refuses to pray, even though the husband is committed to the commands of Allah? Does he divorce her?

Answer:
If she does not commit to prayer and the matters of her religion, there is no good in her remaining. If she does not pray, she is a disbeliever. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
And hold not to marriage bonds with disbelieving womenوَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ
[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]
Therefore, he must divorce her if she persists in abandoning prayer intentionally.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/231 — archive.org (1:46)

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