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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Your Questions Answered (volume 5) Q. 50: If a Wife Doesn't Pray My wife doesn't want to perform daily prayers although she is a daughter of the Imam of a nearby mosque. My impression is that she was not in the habit of performing prayers even before. In order to instill the fear of Allah in her, I translated the whole book of Day of Judgement for her but she wasn 't moved!

I realized that whoever is not moved by that book of yours, must be having a harder heart than rocks. I have therefore decided to leave it like that. But I must be sure of my responsibility on this matter; hence the following questions. a) Am I going to be answerable to Allah for her negligence of five prayers? b) Am I required to take any steps against her by the Shari'ah? A. a) No, if you have tried your best but failed. b) Put as much moral pressure on her as you can.

But if she persists in her behaviour, you are not to be blamed. However, make sure that the children are brought up as practising Muslims. Q. 51: FUNERAL PRAYER FOR A NON-PRACTISING SHI'A If there is an Ithna- 'asheri who does not pray and also drinks alcohol, and I know about him. Now when he dies a prayer is held, how can I declare before God that I know nothing bad about him when I actually do know? Is it not that I will be telling lies before God? A.

The declaration, "We do not know about him except good", mainly refers to the Iman and faith of the deceased. Even if it were purely related to his deeds, there should be no cause to worry. We know that Allah's mercy has no limits; Allah is in fact pleased to find an excuse for showering His mercy on a deceased believer.

My father (May Allah raise his rank in the Paradise!) had narrated to me the following event: Once a most pious teacher of him was leading the funeral prayer of a person whose evil deeds were known to him. Reaching to the above mentioned sentence, he hesitated for a moment, but eventually uttered the words. At night he saw in dream that someone was telling him: "Why were you reluctant in saying that you did not know anything about him except good?

Do you think that Allah does not know man's true condition? The Creator surely knows even His creatures' hidden secrets. But Allah is pleased when someone offers Him a reason to bestow His mercy on a believer.