The ruling on one who facilitates shirk (associating partners with Allah) for his family and does not forbid them
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Question:
May Allah preserve you (Glorified and Exalted is He) and bless you. This questioner says: A man’s family commits shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as supplicating to other than Allah and slaughtering for other than Allah. He knows about it, but he has not advised them nor forbidden them from this shirk (associating partners with Allah); rather, he facilitates their access to it. What is the ruling on such a man?
Answer:
His ruling is clear: he is abandoning what Allah has made obligatory upon him, which is calling his family and descendants to the religion. [Allah said:] “And enjoin prayer upon your family and yourself, and be patient.”[Ash-Shu'ara 26:214] It is obligatory for him to take charge of his family, because he is responsible for what happens in his house, for he is a shepherd. “Every one of you is a shepherd, and the man is a shepherd in his house, and he is responsible for his flock. Every one of you is a shepherd, and every one of you is responsible for his flock.” So he is accountable to Allah for that. And if he cooperates with them and approves of their doing so, then his ruling is the same as theirs, may Allah protect us from that.
May Allah preserve you (Glorified and Exalted is He) and bless you. This questioner says: A man’s family commits shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as supplicating to other than Allah and slaughtering for other than Allah. He knows about it, but he has not advised them nor forbidden them from this shirk (associating partners with Allah); rather, he facilitates their access to it. What is the ruling on such a man?
Answer:
His ruling is clear: he is abandoning what Allah has made obligatory upon him, which is calling his family and descendants to the religion. [Allah said:] “And enjoin prayer upon your family and yourself, and be patient.”
And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred.
وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [128/186] حكم من يسهّل لأهله الشرك ولا ينهاهم - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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