The ruling on one who instructs his family to wake him after the Fajr prayer
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Question:
This is a question we have answered before. He asks: What is your opinion? The answer is: May Allah reward you with good, what about one who instructs his family in the house to wake him for work at six-thirty in the morning? Without mentioning the Fajr or 'Asr prayer, and if he wakes up late, he does not pray because work is more important to him. This is a serious matter. If he wakes up early, he prays; if he wakes up late, he does not pray. What kind of prayer is this? Now, he does not get up until six-thirty in the morning, no
Answer:
There is no doubt that this is a serious matter. It is a great crime for him to order his family not to wake him until six-thirty in the morning. This is a crime that is not forgiven, and he is in great danger. He must make a sincere repentance to Allah the Exalted from this night. It is not permissible for his family to agree with him on this matter; rather, they should wake him for the Fajr prayer if they are the ones who get up for the Fajr prayer.
They should not wake him at six-thirty; they should treat him with the opposite of his intention. If they see that this leads to harm for the family, they must warn him of Allah the Exalted and remind him of the consequences of this action. We ask Allah for safety. This is a great danger, especially if he sometimes does not pray, and he has made it a habit that he does not wake up until six-thirty in the morning.
This is a question we have answered before. He asks: What is your opinion? The answer is: May Allah reward you with good, what about one who instructs his family in the house to wake him for work at six-thirty in the morning? Without mentioning the Fajr or 'Asr prayer, and if he wakes up late, he does not pray because work is more important to him. This is a serious matter. If he wakes up early, he prays; if he wakes up late, he does not pray. What kind of prayer is this? Now, he does not get up until six-thirty in the morning, no
Answer:
There is no doubt that this is a serious matter. It is a great crime for him to order his family not to wake him until six-thirty in the morning. This is a crime that is not forgiven, and he is in great danger. He must make a sincere repentance to Allah the Exalted from this night. It is not permissible for his family to agree with him on this matter; rather, they should wake him for the Fajr prayer if they are the ones who get up for the Fajr prayer.
They should not wake him at six-thirty; they should treat him with the opposite of his intention. If they see that this leads to harm for the family, they must warn him of Allah the Exalted and remind him of the consequences of this action. We ask Allah for safety. This is a great danger, especially if he sometimes does not pray, and he has made it a habit that he does not wake up until six-thirty in the morning.
Source
تعظيم أوامر الله تعالى — islamhouse.com (1:13:56)
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