The ruling on boycotting one who refuses advice regarding prayer and tawhid (the oneness of Allah)
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. From the questions of this questioner, she says: Is it obligatory to boycott one who refuses advice regarding prayer or tawhid (the oneness of Allah), especially if they are very close relatives to me, and I need their help and to speak with them about many matters? Please guide us in this.
Answer:
The one who abandons prayer or corrupts the creed, meaning he commits an act of kufr (disbelief), or something with Allah the Exalted that takes him out of the religion, it is obligatory to call him to Allah and advise him. If he complies, praise be to Allah. If he does not comply, then it is obligatory to hate him and be hostile to him. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mujadila 58:22] brothers or kin. He said, Glorified and Exalted is He: [At-Tawbah 9:113]. [At-Tawbah 9:113-114] the Clement. He said, Glorified and Exalted is He: Indeed, [Al-Mumtahanah 60:4] We are innocent of you and of what you worship besides Allah. We disbelieve in you, and enmity and hatred have appeared between us and you forever until you believe in Allah alone. However, there is no harm in speaking to them out of necessity; if he needs to speak to them, there is nothing wrong with that. It is not speech of love, but speech of necessity, to the extent of the necessity. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. From the questions of this questioner, she says: Is it obligatory to boycott one who refuses advice regarding prayer or tawhid (the oneness of Allah), especially if they are very close relatives to me, and I need their help and to speak with them about many matters? Please guide us in this.
Answer:
The one who abandons prayer or corrupts the creed, meaning he commits an act of kufr (disbelief), or something with Allah the Exalted that takes him out of the religion, it is obligatory to call him to Allah and advise him. If he complies, praise be to Allah. If he does not comply, then it is obligatory to hate him and be hostile to him. Allah the Exalted said:
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْIt is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists
مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَeven if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire. (114) And the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to Abraham that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate
وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَىٰ مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِ وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَأَوَّاهٌThere has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people
كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6048- حكم مقاطعة من نصح على الصلاة والتوحيد ورفض - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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