Is it permissible to quarrel with a disobedient person or one who abandons prayer if he intends to provoke the righteous?

The question is vague, and the nature of the provocation and its purpose are unclear. One must consider the benefits and harms resulting from addressing an evil, for an evil is not removed by a greater evil. الدعاة (preachers/callers to Islam) and righteous individuals should generally be characterized by patience, forbearance, wisdom, gentleness, forgiveness, and responding to evil with good.