The highway robber who does not pray: is he to be washed?

The questioner : The highway robber who does not pray...

The Shaykh : Is he a disbeliever?

The questioner : He does not pray.

The Shaykh : Is he to be considered a disbeliever?

The questioner : Yes?

The Shaykh : He is to be considered a disbeliever.

The questioner : I mean...

The Shaykh : If he is a disbeliever, he is not to be washed, not shrouded, and no funeral prayer is to be offered for him.

The questioner : Now, if it is not known whether he prays or not...

The Shaykh : As long as he is with the Muslims, he is a Muslim and has the ruling of Islam. Yes? ... There is nothing after that.

The questioner : Regarding the last issue, it is said that the Shaykh al-Islam stated that if he steals, he is to be executed; this is... the stronger position.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Is there... in this issue? That is, the drinker of intoxicants...

The Shaykh : The drinker of intoxicants, because it is mentioned in a hadith.

The questioner : Yes, the thief is not to be...

The Shaykh : I say this needs clarification, which you have not clarified, as the group said.

The questioner : Regarding the weakening of...

The Shaykh : What?