The testimony of one who abandons prayer in a marriage contract
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If two witnesses who do not pray testify in a marriage, is their testimony valid?
Answer:
No. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim, and the testimony of a disbeliever who intentionally abandons prayer is not accepted. The disbeliever is the one with whom we have a covenant, meaning the disbelievers.Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) This is an authentic hadith. The one who intentionally abandons prayer is a disbeliever, because prayer is a pillar that comes after the two testimonies. Prayer is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam after the two testimonies. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim, even if he testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, because he has invalidated his testimony by abandoning prayer.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If two witnesses who do not pray testify in a marriage, is their testimony valid?
Answer:
No. The one who does not pray is not a Muslim, and the testimony of a disbeliever who intentionally abandons prayer is not accepted. The disbeliever is the one with whom we have a covenant, meaning the disbelievers.
The covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفر
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب العضل — islamhouse.com (41:08)
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