If a man contracts marriage with a woman and her guardian does not pray, is this contract valid?

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Regarding the topic, regarding the woman's guardian: if I want to marry a woman and her guardian does not pray, in this case, does that mean the contract is valid? Because some people said that his contract is invalid, meaning...

The Shaykh : My brother, the answer to this branches from the previous discussion. Whoever considers leaving off prayer to be disbelief considers...

The questioner : ...it to be negligence.

The Shaykh : ...I will tell you: whoever considers leaving off prayer to be disbelief considers the guardian a disbeliever, and whoever considers leaving off prayer to be open sinfulness considers the guardian a believer. Based on this detail, the answer follows: whoever believes that leaving off prayer, while believing in its obligation and acknowledging his shortcoming in it, does not take him out of the religion, then the marriage is valid. And whoever does not believe that, then it is not. Yes, please proceed.