I called my brother "O disbeliever" because he does not pray during a dispute that occurred between me and him. What is the ruling on that?
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The questioner : This questioner says, "O honorable Shaykh, I called my brother 'O disbeliever' because he does not pray during a dispute that occurred between me and him. What is the ruling on that?" May you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : The one who does not pray is a disbeliever with a disbelief that takes him out of the religion.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If he dies, he dies upon disbelief, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be with Pharaoh and Qarun. On the Day of Resurrection, he will be with Pharaoh, Qarun, Haman, and Abu Jahl. However, one should not say to a specific person "O disbeliever" until the argument is established against him and it becomes clear to him that his action is disbelief. As for what happened between him and his brother, where he argued and called him "O disbeliever" because he does not pray, we tell him that this is not befitting of you. But when you converse with him and speak to him in ordinary speech, make it clear to him that abandoning prayer is disbelief, and that if he persists in it, he is a disbeliever. As for describing him as a disbeliever during a quarrel and dispute, this is not befitting of you.
In summary, the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever with a disbelief that takes him out of the religion, and if he dies upon that, he is not among the believers and will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection with Pharaoh, Haman, Qarun, and Abu Jahl. However, it is not befitting for us to describe him as a disbeliever during a quarrel by saying "O disbeliever." Rather, we should make it clear to him in ordinary speech that abandoning prayer is disbelief, and that if he persists in abandoning it, he is a disbeliever, perhaps Allah will guide him and he will return to his religion. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : The one who does not pray is a disbeliever with a disbelief that takes him out of the religion.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If he dies, he dies upon disbelief, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be with Pharaoh and Qarun. On the Day of Resurrection, he will be with Pharaoh, Qarun, Haman, and Abu Jahl. However, one should not say to a specific person "O disbeliever" until the argument is established against him and it becomes clear to him that his action is disbelief. As for what happened between him and his brother, where he argued and called him "O disbeliever" because he does not pray, we tell him that this is not befitting of you. But when you converse with him and speak to him in ordinary speech, make it clear to him that abandoning prayer is disbelief, and that if he persists in it, he is a disbeliever. As for describing him as a disbeliever during a quarrel and dispute, this is not befitting of you.
In summary, the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever with a disbelief that takes him out of the religion, and if he dies upon that, he is not among the believers and will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection with Pharaoh, Haman, Qarun, and Abu Jahl. However, it is not befitting for us to describe him as a disbeliever during a quarrel by saying "O disbeliever." Rather, we should make it clear to him in ordinary speech that abandoning prayer is disbelief, and that if he persists in abandoning it, he is a disbeliever, perhaps Allah will guide him and he will return to his religion. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.