Does marriage break if one does not pray?
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Asalamaleikum warahamatullah e
wabarakatuhu.
I and my wife have one
important quistion in this regard.
If a husband is not praying and
the wife is praying so why the nikkah is broken OR just the apposite if a
husband is praying and the wife is not praying,so what is the fault of one
partner who is praying..Is there any ayyat OF HOLLY QURAAN IN THIS REGARD...
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Answer:
Does marriage break if one does not pray?
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Jabir reports that the Prophet
(saws) said, "Between a person and disbelief is discarding prayer."
Related by Ahmad, Muslim, Abu
Dawud, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
Buraidah reported that the
Prophet (saws) said, "The pact between us and them is prayer. Whoever
abandons it is a disbeliever."
Related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud,
at-Tirmidhi, anNasa'i and Ibn Majah.
Says 'Abdullah ibn Shaqiq
al-'Aqeely, "The companions of Muhammad (saws) did not consider the
abandonment of any act, with the exception of prayer, as being disbelief."
Related by at-Tirmidhi and
al-Hakim,
Some scholars in Islam has based their opinion on the above authentic narrations of the Messenger of Allah (saws) and declared that one who abandons prayer would become a disbeliever; and since marriage with a disbeliever is forbidden in Islam, the marriage of one who abandons the prayer would become automatically invalid.
But the automatic and voluntary annulment of the marriage of
a believer who abandons his prayer is neither the accepted view of the majority
of the scholars in Islam, nor would any
The most accepted opinion is that if a believer intentionally abandons his obligatory prayers, due to laziness, or forgetfulness, or because of his casual attitude towards the importance of prayer, etc.; he will be regarded as a grave sinner in the sight of Allah Subhanah. The true believers around him and his sincere well-wishers must try and strive to guide him and invite him to fear Allah Subhanah and seek His forgiveness, and encourage him to offer his obligatory prayers. But he will still be regarded as a muslim and all the rights that are legally due to a muslim will be accorded to him. This opinion is based on the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws) regarding his treatment of the hypocrites in Medinah. Although the hypocrites were openly declared disbelievers in the Quran, the Messenger of Allah (saws) accorded them every right that was accorded to the believers; they were allowed to marry amongst the believers, they were allowed to inherit from their muslim parents, they were given muslim burials, etc.
But one must realize that the abandoning of prayers without a very valid reason is considered amongst the grave sins in Islam, and such a person would have a very severe accounting in the Presence of Allah Subhanah on the Day of Judgment.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter
74 Surah Mudatthir verses 40-48:
40 (The believers will be) in Gardens
(of Delight); they will question each other
41 And (ask) of the Sinners:
42 "What led you into
Hell-Fire?"
43 They (the sinners) will say:
"We were not of those who prayed;"
44 "Nor were we of those who fed
the indigent;"
45 "But we used to talk vanities
with vain talkers;"
46 "And we used to deny the Day
of Judgment"
47 "Until there came to us (the
Hour) that is certain."
48 Then will no intercession of (any)
intercessors profit them.
But if one who is a muslim openly declares disbelief, or openly and verbally declares that he has become an apostate and wishes to leave the fold of Islam; then indeed he would leave the fold of Islam and be treated as a disbeliever. All the rights that were formerly due to him as a believer would become null and void; he would not be allowed to marry a believing woman, nor would he inherit from his muslim parents, nor would he be able to visit the Sacred House, nor would he be given a muslim burial, etc.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your
Brother in Islam,
Burhan