Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, a member of the Saudi Council of Senior
Scholars, explains in this short fatwa that any Muslim who refuses to
pray has become an infidel, and therefore must be killed. This fatwa was
originally published in audio format on al-Fawzan's website some time
ago, but was recently published in a video on YouTube, and was later
picked up by Arabic-language news sites, such as
al-Arabiya.The subtitled video is above, transcript is below:
This questioner says, “Your Eminence,” he says, “I have a
colleague at work who doesn’t pray. I admonished him, but he didn’t
respond. I informed the one in authority over us, and told him, ‘He is
afraid of being transferred. Admonish him to pray, and threaten to
transfer him.’ My colleague then became angry with me. Here’s my
question: Is what I did wrong? What is my duty in this situation?”
He
who does not pray is not a Muslim, owing to the saying of Muhammad
(PBUH): “(The difference) between worship (of Allah), and infidelity
and polytheism, is failing to pray.” He also said (PBUH): “The covenant
that is between us and them is prayer, and whoever neglects this has
become an infidel.” There are numerous evidences in the Qur’an and
Sunnah for the fact that he who fails to pray is an infidel. It is not
enough for this man to be transferred, but he must be fired from the
job. And if he doesn’t repent to Allah and keep his prayers, then he
must be killed. He must be called on to repent, but if he doesn’t
repent, then he is killed.
What you have done
with him was your duty, from the counsel and admonition of Allah. If he
does not accept (the admonition), and insists on abstaining from
praying, then he must be killed. It is not enough for him to be
transferred from his job, for merely employing him is wrong. It is not
permissible for an infidel to be in charge of the doings of Muslims,
because he will be an example to others.
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