My husband has expressed that he believes Islam is fake and he no longer wants a marriage based on Islam. He later recants some of it, but he no longer prays. We are now discussing divorce. What advice can you offer to someone in my circumstance?

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My husband has expressed that he believes Islam is fake and he no longer wants a marriage based on Islam. He later recants some of it, but he no longer prays. We are now discussing divorce. What advice can you offer to someone in my circumstance?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 1 year ago

It is possible that he said what he said because of some misunderstanding and he did not really mean to leave Islam. In such case, he is still a Muslim. If you are sure that he has deliberately left believing in Islam and became a non Muslim, your marriage bond with him finishes as there is no marriage between Muslim woman and non Muslim man. When there is no marriage bond, there is no question nor need for divorce as marriage has already become nil and void. If a husband becomes a non Muslim, his Muslim wife must observe Iddah of Wafat which is four months and ten days. That is after being definitely sure that he has become a non Muslim.

Leaving praying Salah does not make a person non Muslim because it can happen out if carelessness, unless he denies Salah.

Wassalam.