A woman whose husband is a bedridden patient and who dislikes her performing voluntary prayers; she prays the obligatory prayer with difficulty and loves to recite the Qur'an and stand in night prayer, but he deliberately
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The questioner : All right, a problem, our Shaykh, arose in Egypt. It is a woman who complains that her husband is confined to his bed, and he strongly dislikes her performing voluntary prayers. For example, she prays the obligatory prayer with difficulty, and she loves to recite the Qur'an and loves to stand in night prayer and the like. So he deliberately wakes up from his sleep and calls out to her so that she does not pray. She says it is like this, meaning, and he says, "I dislike that you pray" and the like. So she is confused, meaning, she says, "I want to pray, and at the same time I want to obey my husband, and my husband is stubborn. Which do I prioritize?"
The Shaykh : Does her husband pray?
The questioner : Naturally, it appears that he does not pray.
The Shaykh : All right, does he allow her to pray the obligatory prayer?
The questioner : He may call out to her during the obligatory prayer while she is praying, and if she does not respond immediately, he will set the world on fire.
The Shaykh : So this man, either we rule that he is a Muslim, in which case the rulings of Islam must be applied, including what was mentioned earlier that it is not permissible for a woman to fast voluntarily or to perform Hajj voluntarily. Likewise, following what was mentioned earlier, we say that she should not pray voluntarily. But she must pray what Allah has made obligatory upon her, whether he likes it or not. However, if she assumes that her husband is not a Muslim, but rather a hypocrite or an atheist, then before she thinks about it and before she asks whether she is allowed to pray at night despite her husband's dislike of it, let her ask instead of this question: Is it permissible for her to remain under his protection?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In the other case, if she has found out that he is a disbeliever or denies Islam or the rulings of Islam, then it is not permissible for her to remain under his protection. She must seek separation and free herself from his evil. But if the matter is the first one, that his misguidance has not reached the point of denying any of the rulings of Islam, and all that is the case is that he does not want her to perform voluntary acts of worship, then she must obey him in that.
The questioner : ... leaving the prayer
The Shaykh : Which prayer do you mean in your question?
The questioner : The voluntary prayer.
The Shaykh : Does he forbid it?
The questioner : ... He calls out to her while she is praying the obligatory prayer, and if he calls out, she must be at his disposal immediately.
The Shaykh : No, that is not forbidding the prayer, it is not forbidding the prayer. The important thing is that we have answered with a comprehensive answer: if the man has denied something of the rulings of the Shari'ah, then she must free herself from him.
The Shaykh : Does her husband pray?
The questioner : Naturally, it appears that he does not pray.
The Shaykh : All right, does he allow her to pray the obligatory prayer?
The questioner : He may call out to her during the obligatory prayer while she is praying, and if she does not respond immediately, he will set the world on fire.
The Shaykh : So this man, either we rule that he is a Muslim, in which case the rulings of Islam must be applied, including what was mentioned earlier that it is not permissible for a woman to fast voluntarily or to perform Hajj voluntarily. Likewise, following what was mentioned earlier, we say that she should not pray voluntarily. But she must pray what Allah has made obligatory upon her, whether he likes it or not. However, if she assumes that her husband is not a Muslim, but rather a hypocrite or an atheist, then before she thinks about it and before she asks whether she is allowed to pray at night despite her husband's dislike of it, let her ask instead of this question: Is it permissible for her to remain under his protection?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In the other case, if she has found out that he is a disbeliever or denies Islam or the rulings of Islam, then it is not permissible for her to remain under his protection. She must seek separation and free herself from his evil. But if the matter is the first one, that his misguidance has not reached the point of denying any of the rulings of Islam, and all that is the case is that he does not want her to perform voluntary acts of worship, then she must obey him in that.
The questioner : ... leaving the prayer
The Shaykh : Which prayer do you mean in your question?
The questioner : The voluntary prayer.
The Shaykh : Does he forbid it?
The questioner : ... He calls out to her while she is praying the obligatory prayer, and if he calls out, she must be at his disposal immediately.
The Shaykh : No, that is not forbidding the prayer, it is not forbidding the prayer. The important thing is that we have answered with a comprehensive answer: if the man has denied something of the rulings of the Shari'ah, then she must free herself from him.
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