Is it permissible for me to deal with one who does not pray, or one who claims that he prays at home?
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The questioner : The last question as well: If there are two people, one of whom does not pray and the other does not attend the congregational prayer, claiming to pray at home, is it permissible for me to deal with them in terms of talking, eating, drinking, laughing, and so on?
The Shaykh : As for the one who never prays, he is a disbeliever and an apostate, more wicked than the Jews and the Christians, because the Jew and the Christian acknowledge their religion, whereas this one does not acknowledge his religion.
As for the one who does not pray with the congregation, he is an open sinner, but he is not a disbeliever. It is not permissible for a person to befriend these disbelievers or open sinners, meaning to seek their friendship or love. However, he may talk to them and laugh with them with the intention of reconciliation, if he hopes that through this they will be guided. As we all know, reconciliation is important. For this reason, a disbeliever is given from the zakah, which is a pillar of Islam, for the sake of reconciliation. So a person should look at the situation: if this man who is disobedient by leaving the congregation, or who never prays, is someone from whom he hopes he will reform if he laughs with him, sits with him, and eats with him, then let him do so. But if he does not hope for that, then he should not do it, though he is not prevented from advising him.
The Shaykh : As for the one who never prays, he is a disbeliever and an apostate, more wicked than the Jews and the Christians, because the Jew and the Christian acknowledge their religion, whereas this one does not acknowledge his religion.
As for the one who does not pray with the congregation, he is an open sinner, but he is not a disbeliever. It is not permissible for a person to befriend these disbelievers or open sinners, meaning to seek their friendship or love. However, he may talk to them and laugh with them with the intention of reconciliation, if he hopes that through this they will be guided. As we all know, reconciliation is important. For this reason, a disbeliever is given from the zakah, which is a pillar of Islam, for the sake of reconciliation. So a person should look at the situation: if this man who is disobedient by leaving the congregation, or who never prays, is someone from whom he hopes he will reform if he laughs with him, sits with him, and eats with him, then let him do so. But if he does not hope for that, then he should not do it, though he is not prevented from advising him.