The Ruling on the Marriage Contract for a Couple One of Whom Does Not Pray

Q: A question from: L. A. He says: I work as a marriage officer, and I have heard from some of those who claim to be scholars that the marriage contract between two spouses, one of whom does not pray, is invalid, and that it is not permissible to contract the marriage for them. Is this correct? And what should I do if I am asked to perform a marriage contract? Should I ask about the condition of the spouses regarding their prayer? Or should I perform the contract without asking? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you.
A: In the name of Allah, and all praise is due to Allah. If you know that one of the spouses does not pray, do not contract the marriage for him with the other; because abandoning the prayer is disbelief; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): which Muslim recorded in his Sahih, and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): which Imam Ahmad and the people of the four Sunan collections recorded with a sound chain. We ask Allah to rectify the conditions of the Muslims, and to guide their stragglers, for He is the All-Hearing, the Near One.