Purity: Ruling on Purity of One Who Believes in God but Does Not Pray

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Ruling on Purity of One Who Believes in God but Does Not Pray

English:

Question #314:

A number of friends and I rented a house together and then came to know that one of them does not perform prayers. After inquiring him about the reason, he replied that he has faith in Allah, the Glorious, and the Exalted; but does not perform prayers. Considering that we eat food together and there is lot of contact among us; do we consider him najis or pure?

Answer #314:

Merely forsaking the performance of prayers and not observing the fast or other shar‘ī obligations, do not make a Muslim an apostate or najis. Rather, as long as his apostasy is not confirmed, his ruling is the same as that of other Muslims.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Non-Muslims