A woman remaining with a husband who does not pray
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Question: A young Arab Muslim woman married a man she had not known before. He was working in Germany and asked her father to let her live with him, and she agreed. After the marriage was completed and she went with him to Germany, during her life with him she discovered that he did not pray and did not fast. In fact, he forced her to cook food for him during the day in Ramadan, in addition to committing other wrongs. She tried to correct his behavior, but to no avail, which led her to ask him for a divorce, and she actually obtained it. Is she in the right to seek a divorce from this marriage? Then she went to Belgium with some of her former neighbors, and she is working there to support herself
and her poor father. She is living alone with a family from there, but she only lives with them in the house; as for her food and sleep, she is separate. They have given her the freedom to practice what her religion commands, such as prayer and fasting, and others. Is her remaining alone with this family a violation of the religion? She does not pray until she returns from work, and she prays all the prayers, because the workplace is not suitable for performing the prayers for several reasons. What is the ruling in this matter?
Answer: First: We thank you, O questioner, for your adherence to the religion and your eagerness to observe its rituals. As for what you asked about regarding your separation from your husband because you saw that he did not adhere to the religion, and that he does not pray and does not fast, this is what is obligatory for you, and it is not permissible for you to remain with him in this state. Because whoever abandons prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, and a Muslim woman does not remain in the marriage bond of such a man. You did the best of the best in separating from this bad husband and fleeing to your religion from him.
As for what you asked about regarding your going to Belgium alone, and your residing with a foreign family to you,This is something that is not permissible:
First: A woman traveling without a mahram is not permissible.
And secondly: Her residing with a family foreign to her, and with people who are not mahrams to her, is forbidden for a Muslim woman.
So what I advise you to do is to return to your country, or for your father to go with you if you wish to travel to Belgium or elsewhere.
As for traveling alone and residing alone, or with a family foreign to you, this is something that Islam does not approve of, and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is not pleased with it. Because a woman is an 'awrah,
and it is not permissible for her to travel without a mahram, or to reside with a family that has men who are not mahrams to her. Because that exposes her to fitnah and exposes others to being tempted by her. And Allah knows best.
and her poor father. She is living alone with a family from there, but she only lives with them in the house; as for her food and sleep, she is separate. They have given her the freedom to practice what her religion commands, such as prayer and fasting, and others. Is her remaining alone with this family a violation of the religion? She does not pray until she returns from work, and she prays all the prayers, because the workplace is not suitable for performing the prayers for several reasons. What is the ruling in this matter?
Answer: First: We thank you, O questioner, for your adherence to the religion and your eagerness to observe its rituals. As for what you asked about regarding your separation from your husband because you saw that he did not adhere to the religion, and that he does not pray and does not fast, this is what is obligatory for you, and it is not permissible for you to remain with him in this state. Because whoever abandons prayer intentionally is a disbeliever, and a Muslim woman does not remain in the marriage bond of such a man. You did the best of the best in separating from this bad husband and fleeing to your religion from him.
As for what you asked about regarding your going to Belgium alone, and your residing with a foreign family to you,This is something that is not permissible:
First: A woman traveling without a mahram is not permissible.
And secondly: Her residing with a family foreign to her, and with people who are not mahrams to her, is forbidden for a Muslim woman.
So what I advise you to do is to return to your country, or for your father to go with you if you wish to travel to Belgium or elsewhere.
As for traveling alone and residing alone, or with a family foreign to you, this is something that Islam does not approve of, and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is not pleased with it. Because a woman is an 'awrah,
and it is not permissible for her to travel without a mahram, or to reside with a family that has men who are not mahrams to her. Because that exposes her to fitnah and exposes others to being tempted by her. And Allah knows best.