I am a nineteen-year old young man and am keen to perform the five
obligatory prayers in their due times. However,my problem is that I
live with my brother in his home and his wife hates it. She took money
from me and I informed my brother, thereupon I became the devil who
sowed the seeds of discord between my brother and his wife!
Thisincident gave rise to many problems between them and they stopped
talking to each other because of me. I started abandoning prayer and
stealing money from my brother's shop behind hisback. I have taken
about AED 1000 worth of money. Now, I need to put an end to this and
amthinking of leaving my brother's home. Should I give him his money
back or not, given that I have been working with him almost for an
entire year and he never gave me any pay, not for a month,a week or
even a day? This is the real reason behind me taking that money and I
do not know whether this is considered stealing in the Islamic
Sharee'ah or not?
The Prophet , said: "HeWhose Prayer did not restrain him from evil and
indecent acts, offered no Prayer at all."
Thank you.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
isHis slave and Messenger.
First of all, you should sincerely repent to AllaahThe Exalted for
your sin and immediately abstain from abandoning prayer.Indeed, giving
up prayer is a grave sin. Prayer is the barrier and shield between a
Muslim and disbelief. The Prophet , said: " What lies between a man
and Shirk(i.e. polytheism) and disbelief is the abandonment of prayer.
" [Muslim, Abu Daawood and At-Tirmithi]
The Prophet , also said:
· " What lies between belief and disbelief is the abandonment of
prayer. " [At-Tirmithi]
· " The covenant between us and them (i.e. the hypocrites) is prayer
so, ifanyone abandons it, he has become a disbeliever. " [Ahmad in
Al-Musnad, Al-Haakim in Al-Mustadrak and others]
There are other texts from the Quran and the Sunnah warning against
abandoning prayer and being rather lax in performing it. Hence,
youshould repent to Allaah The Exalted and perform the due obligatory
prayers as your Lord Has Commanded you.
Dear questioner, know that if you commit yourself to performing the
obligatory prayers, allyour problems will be solved. You will relish
pleasure and happiness in this worldly life and in the Hereafter as
well. Also, your prayers will shield you against committing sins and
indecent acts.
You should come clean, admit that you stole that money and confess
this to your brother while demanding your due right from him.
However,this should be done while maintaining the kinship ties between
the two of you and fostering brotherly love and tolerance. You should
make sure that this does not undermine your brotherhood bonds, ties of
kinship and the (mutual) obligations that they impose, as brotherhood
is priceless and more vital than anything else in the entire world.
We would like to remind you that the Hadeeth youmentioned is not
authentically proven to be the words of the Prophet , although its
meaning is true. They areproven to be the words of Ibn Mas'ood and Ibn
'Abbaas as ibn Katheer stated in his Tafseer concerning the verse.
Allaah Knows best.
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