Is it obligatory for a husband to divorce his wife who does not pray, and is the reverse also obligatory?
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The questioner: A very important point we need to address: the issue of a man who may be praying while the woman is not praying. Does the matter reach the point where the man must divorce her if she persists in abandoning the prayer?
The Shaykh: This was already answered!
The questioner: ... when I was ... .
The Shaykh: The answer was given previously: he divorces her.
The questioner: That this is a reality.
Another questioner: What is it?
The Shaykh : He will divorce her.
The questioner: He divorces her?!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Okay, and what if the situation is reversed?
The Shaykh: She requests the divorce, she requests the divorce, she requests separation from him.
The questioner: Even if they have children behind them, ten or twelve, they are all the same?
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you.
The questioner: We ask Allah for pardon and well-being.
Another questioner: A very large percentage of women do not pray.
The Shaykh: This was already answered!
The questioner: ... when I was ... .
The Shaykh: The answer was given previously: he divorces her.
The questioner: That this is a reality.
Another questioner: What is it?
The Shaykh : He will divorce her.
The questioner: He divorces her?!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Okay, and what if the situation is reversed?
The Shaykh: She requests the divorce, she requests the divorce, she requests separation from him.
The questioner: Even if they have children behind them, ten or twelve, they are all the same?
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you.
The questioner: We ask Allah for pardon and well-being.
Another questioner: A very large percentage of women do not pray.
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