What is obligatory for one who is afflicted with a wife who does not pray?
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He says also, and it appears he means the same wife, that I ordered my wife to pray, and all of this was to no avail. What should I do, even though she is well-educated? We ask for your guidance. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: It is obligatory to order her to pray and to discipline her for that, even with appropriate striking; because leaving off the prayer is a great crime, indeed it is disbelief in the most correct of the scholars' opinions. So it is obligatory for you to order her to pray and to discipline her for that. If she persists, it is obligatory to separate from her according to the correct opinion, with one divorce pronouncement that prevents your attachment to her, and she will be given a certificate... she is given a certificate so that you can marry after that.
The intended meaning is: if she is refusing to pray, the correct view is that you are not allowed to keep her in your protection, but rather you must separate from her, in the most correct of the scholars' opinions, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) And your Lord will give you something better than her. Our Lord says, Glorified and Exalted is He: [Al-Talaq:2-3], [Al-Talaq:4]. So, praise be to Allah, you are in a good state for the sake of your jealousy for Allah and your hatred of her action. And you must complete this by giving her the divorce, so that you do not remain attached to her. Only one divorce pronouncement, to cut off the material of attachment to her and to exit from the disagreement of those scholars who said that leaving off her prayer does not necessitate her disbelief. So the divorce pronouncement achieves your relief from her, achieves the cutting off of the material of disagreement, and achieves a certificate for her that she can rely on in marrying someone other than you.
And we ask Allah to guide her and return her to the right path, and to give you something better than her if she does not find guidance. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: It is obligatory to order her to pray and to discipline her for that, even with appropriate striking; because leaving off the prayer is a great crime, indeed it is disbelief in the most correct of the scholars' opinions. So it is obligatory for you to order her to pray and to discipline her for that. If she persists, it is obligatory to separate from her according to the correct opinion, with one divorce pronouncement that prevents your attachment to her, and she will be given a certificate... she is given a certificate so that you can marry after that.
The intended meaning is: if she is refusing to pray, the correct view is that you are not allowed to keep her in your protection, but rather you must separate from her, in the most correct of the scholars' opinions, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
The 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 كفرAnd whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَحْتَسِبُAnd whoever fears Allah - He will make for him of his matter ease.
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْرًاAnd we ask Allah to guide her and return her to the right path, and to give you something better than her if she does not find guidance. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
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