What is the ruling on praying over one who abandons prayer, washing him, shrouding him, and burying him, and likewise what is the ruling on praying over one who is reported to deny the resurrection and the like?
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The questioner: And likewise regarding one who abandons prayer and others of the ?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Regarding one who abandons prayer, there is a detailed explanation that we mentioned in a treatise which is a response to a question. I do not know if this treatise reached you.
The questioner: Yes, I read it, yes.
Another questioner: Is it recent?
The student: Yes, it is about the ruling on one who abandons prayer.
The Shaykh: Yes, if one who abandons prayer also does not have anything indicating that he denies it, but rather he abandons it as many young people do, unfortunately, out of laziness, then he should be prayed over, and this is how the Muslims have proceeded since the time there was among them one who abandoned prayer.
The questioner: Sometimes in certain situations, we hear from some people that this man who died used to say, meaning, words containing disbelief, for example: that he would say there is no Day of Judgment, or things like that?
The Shaykh: That is atheism.
The questioner: Is it based merely on hearing?
The Shaykh: No, it is not based merely on hearing, but rather on verification.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And confirmation, and confirmation is commanded in the Qur'an, as you know, absolutely, in any good, however slight it may be, so what about a report that requires trust in it to declare a Muslim a disbeliever? It is necessary to verify it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Regarding one who abandons prayer, there is a detailed explanation that we mentioned in a treatise which is a response to a question. I do not know if this treatise reached you.
The questioner: Yes, I read it, yes.
Another questioner: Is it recent?
The student: Yes, it is about the ruling on one who abandons prayer.
The Shaykh: Yes, if one who abandons prayer also does not have anything indicating that he denies it, but rather he abandons it as many young people do, unfortunately, out of laziness, then he should be prayed over, and this is how the Muslims have proceeded since the time there was among them one who abandoned prayer.
The questioner: Sometimes in certain situations, we hear from some people that this man who died used to say, meaning, words containing disbelief, for example: that he would say there is no Day of Judgment, or things like that?
The Shaykh: That is atheism.
The questioner: Is it based merely on hearing?
The Shaykh: No, it is not based merely on hearing, but rather on verification.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And confirmation, and confirmation is commanded in the Qur'an, as you know, absolutely, in any good, however slight it may be, so what about a report that requires trust in it to declare a Muslim a disbeliever? It is necessary to verify it.
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