| 107- Ruling on a person abandoning Salah out of negligence and laziness Q: What is the ruling on a person who forsakes Salah due to carelessness and laziness? Knowing that the ruling is major disbelief, what is ruling if that person gets married to a Muslim woman and what is the ruling on his current Muslim wife and children as the contract of marriage was concluded while he is abandoning Salah or if he quits Salah after that?  A: Anyone who abandons Salah is committing a great abomination and a gross sin because Salah is the pillar of Islam and whoever abandons it is a disbeliever according to the more sound of the two opinions of scholars. Some scholars view that the one who quits Prayer commits a grave sin and entails the ruling of minor | | (Part No. 29; Page No. 159) | |
disbelief (disbelief that is not tantamount to taking the Muslim out of Islam)but is not regarded as Kafir (non-Muslim). However, the sound view is that he is guilty of major disbelief (disbelief that takes the Muslim out of Islam) because Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said:  That which differentiates us from the disbelievers and hypocrites is our performance of Salat. He who abandons it, becomes a disbeliever. Also, he (peace be upon him) said: The peak of the matter is Islam and its pillar is Salah.What makes one a disbeliever and a polytheist is abandoning prayers. This is what was reported from the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) for they deemed the one who abandons Salah as a disbeliever. Accordingly, if a person marries a Muslim woman while he does not observe Salah, the marriage contract will be null and void. If a person married him to a woman thinking of the validity of concluding the marriage to him or being unaware of the conditions of that person, the children of this man forsaking Salah are his legal children and are to be ascribed to him due to doubtfulness. If he repents to Allah (Exalted be He), he should renew his marriage contract, but if he does not repent, the couple should be separated because that person is not a suitable match for his wife. Allah (Glorified be He) said concerning the marriage of a non-Muslim man and woman: | | (Part No. 29; Page No. 160) | |
 They are not lawful (wives) for the disbelievers nor are the disbelievers lawful (husbands) for them. And, He (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: And give not (your daughters) in marriage to Al-Mushrikûn till they believe (in Allâh Alone) The Ayah (Qur'anic verse) means: Do not to marry them till they believe in Islam. However, the children of this man are to be ascribed to him due to the doubtfulness of the marriage contract. |
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