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Husband
does not pray nor fast and is suspicious of me
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Question:
My husband is very careless about his religion, so he does
not pray nor fast. Further, he prevents me from doing any
good deeds. He has (now) begun to doubt me such that he has
left his job to remain at home and watch over me. So what
should I do?
Response:
It is not permissible to remain with this man, because he
has left off the salaah
and as such has become a kaafir,
and it is not permissible for a Muslim woman to remain with
him, as Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala)
says:
{then
if you ascertain that they are true believers, send them not
back to the disbelievers, they are not lawful (wives) for
the disbelievers nor are the disbelievers lawful (husbands)
for them}, [Soorah
al-Mumtahinah, Aayah
10]
So
the nikaah
between you and him is invalidated, and there is no nikaah
between you two until Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala)
guides him and he repents and returns to Islaam, and in doing
so, your marriage will remain (valid).
As
regards your husband, then his actions are wrong. I believe
that he suffers from a type of illness, and that being the
illness of doubt and (satanic) whispers which afflicts some
people in their acts of worship and interaction with other
people. And there is nothing that will alleviate it except
the remembrance of Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala)
and seeking refuge in Him and having total trust in Him in
that which He decrees for him.
And
that which is important with respect to yourself, is that
it is obligatory upon you not to remain with your husband,
rather, leave him because he is a kaafir
and you are a believer (mu.minah). As regards the husband,
then we advise him to return to his religion and seek refuge
in Allaah from Shaytaan
the outcast and to adhere to beneficial supplications which
repel the (satanic) whispers from his heart.
And
we ask Allaah to grant him success (over his condition), and
Allaah knows best.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
'Ishratun-Nisaa wa Hill al-Khilaafaat az-Zowjiyyah - Page
210
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