The ruling on burying one who abandons prayer in the Muslim cemeteries
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Question:
He says: In our country, we bury the dead together, some of whom used to pray and some who did not. What is your guidance?
Answer:
It is obligatory that the cemetery be exclusively for Muslims. If it is known that a man does not pray, he should be buried in another place, not in the Muslim cemetery. This is the stronger position. It should be in a distant place. If the land is expanded in a desolate area so that it is not recognized, there is no harm. This is like the known disbeliever, the Christian, the Jew, or the communist, who are buried in a place far from the Muslim cemetery, in a desolate, distant land, and the land is expanded over them so that their graves are not known and people are relieved of them, so that people are not harmed by them or their corpses.
A group of scholars said: If he does not pray, but he acknowledges that it is obligatory and a duty, he is not declared a disbeliever for that, and he is buried with the Muslims. This was said by a group of scholars, and some scholars mentioned that this is the opinion of the majority. If they bury him with the Muslims based on the fatwa of one of the scholars, there is no harm.
Otherwise, the most correct and most accurate view is that one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever with major shirk (associating partners with Allah). This is the most correct view due to 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).
And when he was asked—(peace and blessings be upon him)—about the rulers who rebel against them because they committed open disbelief, he said regarding them: Do not rebel against them—meaning—Sahih Muslim 1855a When they asked him: "Do we fight them?" he said: Sahih Muslim 1855a This indicates that abandoning prayer is open disbelief. We ask Allah for well-being.
So we ask Allah for all Muslims, and for all the misguided and disbelievers, for success in repentance. We ask Allah to grant them sincere repentance. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
He says: In our country, we bury the dead together, some of whom used to pray and some who did not. What is your guidance?
Answer:
It is obligatory that the cemetery be exclusively for Muslims. If it is known that a man does not pray, he should be buried in another place, not in the Muslim cemetery. This is the stronger position. It should be in a distant place. If the land is expanded in a desolate area so that it is not recognized, there is no harm. This is like the known disbeliever, the Christian, the Jew, or the communist, who are buried in a place far from the Muslim cemetery, in a desolate, distant land, and the land is expanded over them so that their graves are not known and people are relieved of them, so that people are not harmed by them or their corpses.
A group of scholars said: If he does not pray, but he acknowledges that it is obligatory and a duty, he is not declared a disbeliever for that, and he is buried with the Muslims. This was said by a group of scholars, and some scholars mentioned that this is the opinion of the majority. If they bury him with the Muslims based on the fatwa of one of the scholars, there is no harm.
Otherwise, the most correct and most accurate view is that one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever with major shirk (associating partners with Allah). This is the most correct view due to 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 كفرAnd when he was asked—(peace and blessings be upon him)—about the rulers who rebel against them because they committed open disbelief, he said regarding them: Do not rebel against them—meaning—
as long as they establish prayer among you
ما أقاموا فيكم الصلاةNo, as long as they establish prayer among you.
لا. ما أقاموا فيكم الصلاةSo we ask Allah for all Muslims, and for all the misguided and disbelievers, for success in repentance. We ask Allah to grant them sincere repentance. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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