FatwaFederal TerritoriesPrayer (Salah)
IRSYAD HUKUM KE-57: CARA MENYEDARKAN SUAMI YANG MENGABAIKAN SOLAT
How can a wife encourage her husband who neglects prayer, especially the Fajr prayer?
Short answer
The wife is advised to keep making supplication and to call her husband to prayer in a good and wise manner, including waking him for Fajr every morning.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The wife is advised to keep making supplication and to call her husband to prayer in a good and wise manner, including waking him for Fajr every morning. If he still refuses to pray, the responsibility for that no longer falls on her. Other suggested means include giving him books or discs on the rewards of prayer and the warnings for abandoning it, such as al-Zahabi's al-Kaba'ir, seeking advice from parents and in-laws, and inviting the children to pray in congregation and go to the mosque together.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Puan hendaklah meneruskan berdoa di samping berdakwah kepada suami dengan cara yang baik dan berhikmah.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM KE-57: CARA MENYEDARKAN SUAMI YANG MENGABAIKAN SOLAT”, 29 July 2015. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/1899-irsyad-fatwa-ke-57-cara-menyedarkan-suami-yang-mengabaikan-solat. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/how-to-awaken-husband-who-neglects-prayer/