What is the ruling on working with one who abandons prayer, and what is the ruling on the food or drink he offers me?
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The questioner : If you please, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I have a worker with someone who does not pray. Is he a disbeliever? That is what I mean by one who does not pray, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : One who abandons prayer, meaning he does not pray.
The Shaykh : He abandons it; he does not pray.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not sufficient to say "one who abandons prayer"; add to it "he does not pray." One of the two phrases suffices in place of the other: either "he does not pray" or "one who abandons prayer."
The questioner : One who abandons prayer.
The Shaykh : All right, if he abandons it out of denial, then he is a disbeliever.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And if he abandons it while believing in it, being lazy about it, then he is an open sinner.
The questioner : Please, O Shaykh, for example, he brings food or tea to the shop where he works. Do I eat with him? For example, he brings a worker who works with me, and he makes tea or brings food. If I eat with him in this situation...
The Shaykh : If you are advising him to pray, then there is no harm; otherwise, there is.
Other than that?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I have a worker with someone who does not pray. Is he a disbeliever? That is what I mean by one who does not pray, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : One who abandons prayer, meaning he does not pray.
The Shaykh : He abandons it; he does not pray.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not sufficient to say "one who abandons prayer"; add to it "he does not pray." One of the two phrases suffices in place of the other: either "he does not pray" or "one who abandons prayer."
The questioner : One who abandons prayer.
The Shaykh : All right, if he abandons it out of denial, then he is a disbeliever.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And if he abandons it while believing in it, being lazy about it, then he is an open sinner.
The questioner : Please, O Shaykh, for example, he brings food or tea to the shop where he works. Do I eat with him? For example, he brings a worker who works with me, and he makes tea or brings food. If I eat with him in this situation...
The Shaykh : If you are advising him to pray, then there is no harm; otherwise, there is.
Other than that?
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