Ruling on remaining with a husband who only prays occasionally
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Question:
Your Eminence! The sister asking, Umm Ahmad from al-Zulfi, says: My husband, may Allah guide him, does not pray. I have advised him many times, but he leaves off some times and prays at other times at home. Is there any guidance from Your Eminence, Shaykh Abdulaziz, may Allah preserve him?
Answer:
It is obligatory for every Muslim to fear Allah, to watch over his relationship with Allah, and to pray all five prayers in congregation in the mosques. It is not permissible for him to leave any of them, nor to pray at home. This is a great evil. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 793Sahih (Darussalam) meaning: to the mosque Sunan Ibn Majah 793Sahih (Darussalam) It was asked of Ibn Abbas: What is the excuse? He said: Fear or illness. "And a blind man came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have no guide to lead me to the mosque, so do I have a dispensation to pray at my home? The Prophet said to him: Sahih Muslim 653 He said: Yes. He said: .
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:305, this is not permissible for a believer to pray at home, rather he must pray with the people. And the one who leaves the prayer is a disbeliever, we ask Allah for safety.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
So if he does not pray at some times, leave him, go to your family's home, do not sit with him; because leaving the prayer is disbelief, we ask Allah for safety. So if it is like this and he does not listen to you and does not accept the advice; leave him and go to your family, until Allah guides him or he divorces you.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good for this guidance, Your Eminence.
Your Eminence! The sister asking, Umm Ahmad from al-Zulfi, says: My husband, may Allah guide him, does not pray. I have advised him many times, but he leaves off some times and prays at other times at home. Is there any guidance from Your Eminence, Shaykh Abdulaziz, may Allah preserve him?
Answer:
It is obligatory for every Muslim to fear Allah, to watch over his relationship with Allah, and to pray all five prayers in congregation in the mosques. It is not permissible for him to leave any of them, nor to pray at home. This is a great evil. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever hears the call and does not come
من سمع النداء فلم يأتhis prayer is not valid, except for those who have an excuse.
فلا صلاة له إلا من عذرDo you hear the call to prayer?
هل تسمع النداء بالصلاة؟Then respond.
فأجبAnd he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I have thought of giving orders for fuel wood to be gathered, then giving orders for Salat (prayer) and having the Adhan called, then ordering a man to lead the people (in prayer), then going off to some people (men) who are not present at the prayer and burning down their houses upon them. By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, if one of them knew he would find a fat meaty bone or two fine sheep hooves he would attend the 'Isha' (evening prayer)." [Agreed upon, and the wording is that of al-Bukhari].
لقد هممت أن آمر بالصلاة تقام، ثم آمر رجلًا فيؤم الناس، ثم أنطلق إلى رجال لا يشهدون الصلاة فأحرق عليهم بيوتهمThe Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
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 كفرBetween a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةSo if he does not pray at some times, leave him, go to your family's home, do not sit with him; because leaving the prayer is disbelief, we ask Allah for safety. So if it is like this and he does not listen to you and does not accept the advice; leave him and go to your family, until Allah guides him or he divorces you.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good for this guidance, Your Eminence.
Source
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