A man married while not praying, then began praying a year after his marriage. Is his marriage contract valid?
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The questioner : The Shaykh :
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If you permit me a question: A man married and did not pray, and he is a Muslim.
The Shaykh : And what did he not do?
The questioner : He was not praying.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And after he had been married for a year or two, he began to pray. Is the marriage contract invalid or valid?
The Shaykh : The marriage contract is valid if its conditions are met, which are: the permission of the guardian, the consent of the woman, and two just witnesses. So it is valid.
The questioner : All the conditions were completed.
The Shaykh : But some scholars—especially in Saudi Arabia—exaggerate and hold that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever. This is an anomalous opinion that is not correct. That is to say, it can be said regarding the one who abandons prayer that he is an open sinner, but he is not a disbeliever except in one case—may Allah forbid it—if, while he was not praying, he was denying the prayer and denying its prescribed nature.
The questioner : Not denying it, just not praying.
The Shaykh : I tell you, you just need to listen: If he is denying the prescribed nature of the prayer, then he is a disbeliever and his marriage is not valid.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are you, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : How is your health?
The Shaykh : How are you?
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May you be well?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Welcome. In this case, he is a disbeliever who has apostatized from his religion, and the contract is not valid. But as for one who believes in the prayer!
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, very well. May Allah reward you with good. Thank you, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : We must meet, our Shaykh, if Allah wills, if our Lord makes it easy for you!
The Shaykh : Soon, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Do you order us to do something, my professor?
The Shaykh : Safe travels.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If you permit me a question: A man married and did not pray, and he is a Muslim.
The Shaykh : And what did he not do?
The questioner : He was not praying.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And after he had been married for a year or two, he began to pray. Is the marriage contract invalid or valid?
The Shaykh : The marriage contract is valid if its conditions are met, which are: the permission of the guardian, the consent of the woman, and two just witnesses. So it is valid.
The questioner : All the conditions were completed.
The Shaykh : But some scholars—especially in Saudi Arabia—exaggerate and hold that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever. This is an anomalous opinion that is not correct. That is to say, it can be said regarding the one who abandons prayer that he is an open sinner, but he is not a disbeliever except in one case—may Allah forbid it—if, while he was not praying, he was denying the prayer and denying its prescribed nature.
The questioner : Not denying it, just not praying.
The Shaykh : I tell you, you just need to listen: If he is denying the prescribed nature of the prayer, then he is a disbeliever and his marriage is not valid.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : How are you, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : How is your health?
The Shaykh : How are you?
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : May you be well?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Welcome. In this case, he is a disbeliever who has apostatized from his religion, and the contract is not valid. But as for one who believes in the prayer!
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, very well. May Allah reward you with good. Thank you, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : We must meet, our Shaykh, if Allah wills, if our Lord makes it easy for you!
The Shaykh : Soon, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Do you order us to do something, my professor?
The Shaykh : Safe travels.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
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