My Wife Doesnt Pray the Morning Prayer (al-Fajr) – Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān

Question

I try to awaken my wife for the Fajr prayer; but she does not answer me. Instead, she consistently performs the prayer after sunrise. What is incumbent upon me to do in this situation?

Shaykh Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān al-Fawzān:

Her prayer is not accepted. If she does not get up to pray the Fajr prayer, you should divorce her. She is not a Muslim. Those who miss the Fajr prayer are not Muslims. If she repents, then Allah will accept her repentance, so remain with her. Otherwise, look for someone else.

References

Al-Fawzān, Ṣāliḥ ibn Fawzān ibn ʿAbd Allāh. Sharḥ Ighāthat al-Lahfān min Maṣāyid al-Shayṭān [Explanation of Ighāthat al-Lahfān from the Traps of Satan], recorded lesson no. 63, timestamp 1:04:34, Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, n.d.

Writer / translator

Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī

is in need of his Lords mercy.

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