The Ruling on Living with One Who Does Not Pray or Fast
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Question:
The listener Khalid asks and says: What is the ruling on one who lives with a person who does not pray or fast, sits with him, and eats with him from the same dish? Does he commit a sin?
Answer:
It is obligatory to give advice and to disapprove, and to make it clear to him that this is a great evil, and that abandoning prayer is disbelief. If he is forced to eat with him without taking him as a companion, and without being lenient regarding his affair, but rather they are brought together by a table or hospitality without the intention of companionship, then there is no blame on him for that. However, he should not take him as a companion, nor be lenient with him, but rather he should boycott him. He deserves to be boycotted until he repents to Allah, because abandoning prayer is disbelief. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam).
Therefore, it is obligatory to boycott him and to disapprove of him. As for if he eats with him at a feast, or with food brought together by a temporary circumstance without taking him as a companion or a regular companion, then there is no blame in that. It is a temporary matter that does not involve leniency with him. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
The listener Khalid asks and says: What is the ruling on one who lives with a person who does not pray or fast, sits with him, and eats with him from the same dish? Does he commit a sin?
Answer:
It is obligatory to give advice and to disapprove, and to make it clear to him that this is a great evil, and that abandoning prayer is disbelief. If he is forced to eat with him without taking him as a companion, and without being lenient regarding his affair, but rather they are brought together by a table or hospitality without the intention of companionship, then there is no blame on him for that. However, he should not take him as a companion, nor be lenient with him, but rather he should boycott him. He deserves to be boycotted until he repents to Allah, because abandoning prayer is disbelief. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Between a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها؛ فقد كفرTherefore, it is obligatory to boycott him and to disapprove of him. As for if he eats with him at a feast, or with food brought together by a temporary circumstance without taking him as a companion or a regular companion, then there is no blame in that. It is a temporary matter that does not involve leniency with him. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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