The ruling on marrying a man who does not pray
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Question:
He says: We have a guardian who does not pray, and he is the third [husband] in the prayer, and it is considered that he prays, and it is like the adhan that he unites [his intention] to drink, so what is your opinion in this? For I am hesitant in this, and I am in my calculation and I do not know of it except that it is distributed and it is the circle of success, and it is my father’s ethics, that is, fidelity.
Answer:
The matter is not just that you are committing a sin; you are committing a sin without doubt, but also this contract is not valid. If you marry a man who does not pray, the contract is invalid, and the marriage is not correct. We hold that the one who intentionally abandons prayer is a disbeliever who has exited the religion, and a Muslim woman is not to be married to a disbeliever. So the result is that it is not permissible for you to marry her to him, and it is not valid for you to marry her to him unless he repents to Allah with a valid repentance and returns to the prayers. In that case, it is permissible to marry her to him. But to marry her to him while he does not pray is forbidden for you, and the contract is not valid.
He says: We have a guardian who does not pray, and he is the third [husband] in the prayer, and it is considered that he prays, and it is like the adhan that he unites [his intention] to drink, so what is your opinion in this? For I am hesitant in this, and I am in my calculation and I do not know of it except that it is distributed and it is the circle of success, and it is my father’s ethics, that is, fidelity.
Answer:
The matter is not just that you are committing a sin; you are committing a sin without doubt, but also this contract is not valid. If you marry a man who does not pray, the contract is invalid, and the marriage is not correct. We hold that the one who intentionally abandons prayer is a disbeliever who has exited the religion, and a Muslim woman is not to be married to a disbeliever. So the result is that it is not permissible for you to marry her to him, and it is not valid for you to marry her to him unless he repents to Allah with a valid repentance and returns to the prayers. In that case, it is permissible to marry her to him. But to marry her to him while he does not pray is forbidden for you, and the contract is not valid.
Source
شرح ثلاثة الأصول وأدلتها، أدلة شهادة أن محمدا رسول الله - الإيمان يزيد وينقص — islamhouse.com (1:13:28)
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