A Muslim Who Refuses To Pray

Question :

A man, whose parents are both Muslims, refuses to pray, fast or practice any of the other legislative decrees of Allah. Can we treat him as a Muslim? For example, can we eat with him as if he is a Muslim etc.?

Answer:

If the person is as you described him, refusing to pray, fast and fulfill other orders in the Islamic Shari'ah then he is a disbeliever whose disbelief has removed him from the fold of Islam according to the correct opinion from the different scholarly opinions. He should be given a period of three days to repent; if he does repent, then that is fine and all praise belongs to Allah. If he doesn't, then the Muslim ruler should give him the punishment prescribed by Islam for apostates: execution. Muslims should not visit him or show any friendship to him, unless it is to advise him and exhort him to return to his religion.

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