What is the ruling on marrying off a daughter to a man who does not pray?
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Question:
A questioner says: A young man proposed to my daughter, but when I inquired about him, I was told that he does not pray. So, should I marry her to him or not?
Answer:
It is not permissible for you to marry her to him, and the marriage would be invalid; if he were to marry her, the marriage would not be valid, because the one who abandons prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, and it is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry him. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:221], and He said: [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10], [Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]. Therefore, it is not permissible to marry the one who abandons prayer until he repents to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because he is not a Muslim. The one who abandons prayer intentionally is not a Muslim, by the text of the hadith Sahih Muslim 82b in Sahih Muslim, and in the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam).
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[At-Tawbah 9:11] This indicates that the one who does not pray is not among our brothers in the religion, so he is a disbeliever. Yes.
A questioner says: A young man proposed to my daughter, but when I inquired about him, I was told that he does not pray. So, should I marry her to him or not?
Answer:
It is not permissible for you to marry her to him, and the marriage would be invalid; if he were to marry her, the marriage would not be valid, because the one who abandons prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, and it is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry him. Allah the Exalted said:
And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe.
وَلَا تُنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُواif you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful [wives] for them
عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْnor are they lawful [husbands] for them
وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّBetween man and polytheism and unbelief is the abandonment of salat.
بين العبد وبين الشرك والكفر ترك الصلاةThe 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 كفرAllah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
But if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, then they are your brothers in religion
فَإِن تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تزويج البنت لمن لا يصلي؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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