Is a neighbor honored if he does not pray?
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Question:
If the neighbor is a disbeliever who does not pray?
Answer:
And if he does not harm, he is called to Allah and directed toward good, but he is not harmed as long as he is under a treaty and safe conduct.
Q: He was directed toward good, but he began to mock the religion and curse and revile?
The Shaykh: His case is referred to the authorities so that they punish him with what he deserves. If he mocks the religion, he is not left alone. But the matter is... he does not speak about what concerns the religion; he has safe conduct and a treaty. Because neighbors are of categories:
A Muslim neighbor has two rights.
And a Muslim neighbor who is a relative has three rights: the right of neighborliness, the right of Islam, and the right of kinship.
And a disbeliever neighbor has one right, which is the right of neighborliness.
As for if he reviles the religion or leaves it... his treaty is broken, he is killed. It is obligatory for the one in authority to kill him if what necessitates his killing becomes apparent from him. But this is if he is a disbeliever who harms him, and he has a treaty and safe conduct and is a non-Muslim granted safe conduct; he is given his right in terms of being kind to him. And this is one of the reasons for his entering Islam if he is treated kindly and he sees from the Muslims the honoring of the neighbor; this was one of the reasons for his entering Islam, his exalting of Islam, and his desire for it.
If the neighbor is a disbeliever who does not pray?
Answer:
And if he does not harm, he is called to Allah and directed toward good, but he is not harmed as long as he is under a treaty and safe conduct.
Q: He was directed toward good, but he began to mock the religion and curse and revile?
The Shaykh: His case is referred to the authorities so that they punish him with what he deserves. If he mocks the religion, he is not left alone. But the matter is... he does not speak about what concerns the religion; he has safe conduct and a treaty. Because neighbors are of categories:
A Muslim neighbor has two rights.
And a Muslim neighbor who is a relative has three rights: the right of neighborliness, the right of Islam, and the right of kinship.
And a disbeliever neighbor has one right, which is the right of neighborliness.
As for if he reviles the religion or leaves it... his treaty is broken, he is killed. It is obligatory for the one in authority to kill him if what necessitates his killing becomes apparent from him. But this is if he is a disbeliever who harms him, and he has a treaty and safe conduct and is a non-Muslim granted safe conduct; he is given his right in terms of being kind to him. And this is one of the reasons for his entering Islam if he is treated kindly and he sees from the Muslims the honoring of the neighbor; this was one of the reasons for his entering Islam, his exalting of Islam, and his desire for it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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