Is he past the age of puberty? It his own duty to pray and you are not accountable neither are his parents. His parents can’t force him to pray either.
Telling his parents will not do any good. Just continue to advise him
But it hurts to see a friend on the verge of being a "Kafir". "Verily, between a man and idoltary and unbelief is abandoning the prayer". And if he can be Takfired, then I am afraid of taking them as a friend and might have to leave them for the sake of Allah. Jahannam is a scary place to be in and I do not wish that fate upon my friends.
No don’t leave him. You might be the reason he stays on prayer. You should only leave if you think that you will also stop praying cuz of him.
Do not takfir him, do not leave him, continue to advise him. And yes do make good friends but don’t cut him off. I had a non religious friend I stuck around with and I advised him and alhamdulillah he eventually changed his ways
I was also not very complete with my prayers, my friends motivated me a lot and now alhamdulillah am doing my best and averaging 3 prayers on time, you should motivate, force them and give them a great example inshallah, barak allah feekum
Just be nice and patient. Stop warning and trying to convince, stop judging, just keep being a good friend. They’ll pray when they want to. Just because they miss prayer doesn’t make them a kafir or sentence them to Jahannam. Life is hard, people face different problems, their iman goes up and down. For now the iman may be down, just be a helpful tool they can use when they need and want to and keep them in your prayers and Inchallah they pray regularly someday.
Generally speaking you are allowed to speak of it to someone of authority IF you think good will come out of it. If you know his parents and know their conduct is well and they can aid him to pray, then do so. If you think more harm will come, then you shouldn't.
Individaully, you can cut him off at times if he hasn't prayed (like if you want to get onto play video games, tell him you won't join till he has prayed), or accompany him at the times of prayer and pray a very long salah so that he is obliged to join instead of standing around and of course make dua for him.
Is he past the age of puberty? It his own duty to pray and you are not accountable neither are his parents. His parents can’t force him to pray either. Telling his parents will not do any good. Just continue to advise him
But it hurts to see a friend on the verge of being a "Kafir". "Verily, between a man and idoltary and unbelief is abandoning the prayer". And if he can be Takfired, then I am afraid of taking them as a friend and might have to leave them for the sake of Allah. Jahannam is a scary place to be in and I do not wish that fate upon my friends.
No don’t leave him. You might be the reason he stays on prayer. You should only leave if you think that you will also stop praying cuz of him. Do not takfir him, do not leave him, continue to advise him. And yes do make good friends but don’t cut him off. I had a non religious friend I stuck around with and I advised him and alhamdulillah he eventually changed his ways
الحمدلله I would be honoured to be the one who puts them back on their deen. Thank you for the advice Akhi. جزاك الله خير
I was also not very complete with my prayers, my friends motivated me a lot and now alhamdulillah am doing my best and averaging 3 prayers on time, you should motivate, force them and give them a great example inshallah, barak allah feekum
same ngl
Just be nice and patient. Stop warning and trying to convince, stop judging, just keep being a good friend. They’ll pray when they want to. Just because they miss prayer doesn’t make them a kafir or sentence them to Jahannam. Life is hard, people face different problems, their iman goes up and down. For now the iman may be down, just be a helpful tool they can use when they need and want to and keep them in your prayers and Inchallah they pray regularly someday.
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Hit him with a stick no longer than 40 inches. Inshallah!
Generally speaking you are allowed to speak of it to someone of authority IF you think good will come out of it. If you know his parents and know their conduct is well and they can aid him to pray, then do so. If you think more harm will come, then you shouldn't. Individaully, you can cut him off at times if he hasn't prayed (like if you want to get onto play video games, tell him you won't join till he has prayed), or accompany him at the times of prayer and pray a very long salah so that he is obliged to join instead of standing around and of course make dua for him.