The obligation of a woman toward a husband who abandons prayer

Question:
She says: My problem concerns my husband. He is negligent in his religion and does not pray. When I call him to prayer, he gets angry and mocks me, and he insists on abandoning prayer on the grounds that his father did not pray, so why should he pray? One day I pressed him on this, and he said to me, "If you continue with this situation, the door is open." At that point, I asked him for a divorce. Another time, for approximately the same reason, he said to me, "Do not speak to me until the Day of Resurrection." What is your opinion of this man and of what he said on these two occasions? In the first, he said, "The door is open," and in the second, "Do not speak to me until the Day of Resurrection." Is this considered a divorce, or what? And is it permissible for me to remain with him in this state?

Answer:
It is not permissible to remain with this man. As long as he abandons prayer, as you mentioned, he is thereby a disbeliever. And what a bad role model his father is, if his father does not pray, then what a bad role model he is. It is not permissible to follow the example of a disbeliever who does not pray, or who insults the religion, or who commits any of the nullifiers of Islam, or any of the sins of Allah. All of these people are not to be followed. So this man is a disbeliever who followed the example of a disbeliever, according to his statement. It is authentically reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said, "Between a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer." Muslim narrated this in his Sahih. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The most correct of the opinions of the scholars is that the one who abandons it out of negligence and laziness is a disbeliever, even if he does not deny its obligation. And if this man denies its obligation, he becomes a disbeliever by consensus. In any case, this man is a bad man and a disbeliever by abandoning prayer, according to the most correct of the opinions of the scholars. So it is not permissible for you to remain with him. Rather, it is obligatory for you to separate from him and not allow him access to yourself. His statement, "The door is open," is an allusion. If he intended by it divorce, its meaning is "Go out, you are divorced," so it is a divorce. And if he did not intend divorce, you are not divorced. But in any case, even if he did not divorce you, it is not befitting for you to remain with him. Rather, it is obligatory for you to separate from him, leave him, and go to your family, with your children with you. He has no right to the children because of his disbelief, so you are more entitled to your children. He is a bad man who has engaged in disbelief against Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So perhaps Allah will accept his repentance. If he repents, and you are still in the waiting period, and he returns to Allah, turns to Him, and regrets what he did and prays, then there is no harm in returning to you as long as you are in the waiting period. But after the waiting period, it is not possible except with a new marriage contract. Yes.