Her husband does not pray, so should she leave him?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. A woman says: I married a man and discovered that he does not pray. Then I went back to my family to inform them of this, and I do not want to return to him. She is pregnant. Shaykh Salih, what do you advise her to do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
We advise her to counsel him so that perhaps he will repent. If he repents, Allah will accept his repentance and she will remain with him. If he persists in abandoning the prayer, there is no good for her in returning to him. She must demand separation and be determined to do so, for it is not permissible for her to remain with a man who does not pray, because he is a disbeliever. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:10]. The one who intentionally abandons the prayer, especially if he does so repeatedly, becomes a disbeliever. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. A woman says: I married a man and discovered that he does not pray. Then I went back to my family to inform them of this, and I do not want to return to him. She is pregnant. Shaykh Salih, what do you advise her to do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
We advise her to counsel him so that perhaps he will repent. If he repents, Allah will accept his repentance and she will remain with him. If he persists in abandoning the prayer, there is no good for her in returning to him. She must demand separation and be determined to do so, for it is not permissible for her to remain with a man who does not pray, because he is a disbeliever. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful [wives] for them, nor are they lawful [husbands] for them
فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4385- زوجها لا يصلي فهل تفارقه ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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