Is it permissible to leave off the salam to someone who does not return the salam because of a dispute?
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Question:
The questioner says: A dispute arose between me and one of the people over worldly matters. Every time I meet him, I greet him with the salam, but he does not return it to me, so I feel great distress in my heart. Is it permissible for me to not greet him with the salam, knowing that he does not pray?
Answer:
If he does not pray, that is more severe than what happened between you and him. The one who does not pray, you should boycott him, because if he abandons the prayer intentionally and persists in that, he becomes a disbeliever, because the one who abandons the prayer intentionally has apostatized from the religion of Islam.
The questioner says: A dispute arose between me and one of the people over worldly matters. Every time I meet him, I greet him with the salam, but he does not return it to me, so I feel great distress in my heart. Is it permissible for me to not greet him with the salam, knowing that he does not pray?
Answer:
If he does not pray, that is more severe than what happened between you and him. The one who does not pray, you should boycott him, because if he abandons the prayer intentionally and persists in that, he becomes a disbeliever, because the one who abandons the prayer intentionally has apostatized from the religion of Islam.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز ترك إلقاء السلام على من لا يرد السلام بسبب خصومة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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