What is the obligation of a woman if her husband does not pray?
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The questioner : What is the ruling regarding a disobedient husband who does not pray, while the wife prays? What must she do?
The Shaykh : First of all, she must advise him and remind him. If the advice is beneficial, that is good and fine. Otherwise, it is not permissible for her to remain in the marriage bond of this husband who abandons prayer. You know the importance of this prayer in Islam, to the extent that some of the early scholars declared him a disbeliever. Even if we do not consider disbelief to be the stronger position unless one considers abandoning prayer permissible, the matter is sufficient... The statement of the Muslim who abandons prayer is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):. So if her advice does not benefit him, she must take her case to the legal judge and ask him to separate her from him.
The Shaykh : First of all, she must advise him and remind him. If the advice is beneficial, that is good and fine. Otherwise, it is not permissible for her to remain in the marriage bond of this husband who abandons prayer. You know the importance of this prayer in Islam, to the extent that some of the early scholars declared him a disbeliever. Even if we do not consider disbelief to be the stronger position unless one considers abandoning prayer permissible, the matter is sufficient... The statement of the Muslim who abandons prayer is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Between a man and disbelief—and in another narration: between a man and shirk (associating partners with Allah)—is the abandonment of prayer; so whoever abandons prayer has committed disbelief.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر ، - وفي رواية : وبين الشرك - ترك الصلاة ؛ فمن ترك الصلاة ؛ فقد كفر
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