What is your comment on the khatib's statement that if one insults the religion, his wife is considered divorced?
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The questioner : Another question regarding the one who insults the religion.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : The khatib said on the pulpit last Friday that his wife is considered divorced. The point is, if you asked the one who insulted the religion—insulting the religion is disbelief that expels one from the religion—you would find that at the same time he may be praying out of anger, due to circumstances, or due to a state. He insults the religion, and when the time for the second obligatory prayer after insulting the religion comes, he performs wudu' and prays. This happens among Muslims, meaning.
The Shaykh : I think the preachers, may Allah guide them, are not jurists.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They do not distinguish between creedal disbelief and practical disbelief.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Just as they do not distinguish between heart-based disbelief.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : and verbal disbelief.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So, creedal disbelief and heart-based disbelief are what result in the separation between a man and his wife.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : As for verbal disbelief and practical disbelief, this separation does not result from them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, if there is a ruling by the Shari'ah, this one who uttered this insult is disciplined.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then he does not return to her, but due to the corruption of upbringing.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : In this society, and the evidence for that is what I mentioned.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The one who insults performs wudu' and prays.
The questioner : In this case, does he have to perform ghusl?
The Shaykh : No, he does not.
The questioner : Wudu' only.
The Shaykh : He has nothing upon him other than repentance.
The questioner : And regret, and ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : The khatib said on the pulpit last Friday that his wife is considered divorced. The point is, if you asked the one who insulted the religion—insulting the religion is disbelief that expels one from the religion—you would find that at the same time he may be praying out of anger, due to circumstances, or due to a state. He insults the religion, and when the time for the second obligatory prayer after insulting the religion comes, he performs wudu' and prays. This happens among Muslims, meaning.
The Shaykh : I think the preachers, may Allah guide them, are not jurists.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They do not distinguish between creedal disbelief and practical disbelief.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Just as they do not distinguish between heart-based disbelief.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : and verbal disbelief.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So, creedal disbelief and heart-based disbelief are what result in the separation between a man and his wife.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : As for verbal disbelief and practical disbelief, this separation does not result from them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, if there is a ruling by the Shari'ah, this one who uttered this insult is disciplined.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then he does not return to her, but due to the corruption of upbringing.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : In this society, and the evidence for that is what I mentioned.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The one who insults performs wudu' and prays.
The questioner : In this case, does he have to perform ghusl?
The Shaykh : No, he does not.
The questioner : Wudu' only.
The Shaykh : He has nothing upon him other than repentance.
The questioner : And regret, and ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
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