Is it permissible to greet with the salam those who commit sins, such as shaving the beard, smoking, and the like?
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to greet with the salam those who commit sins, such as shaving the beard, smoking, and the like?
Answer:
Yes, it is prescribed to greet them with the salam because they are Muslims. As for the sins they commit, you should advise them to abandon them. If refraining from greeting them serves as a deterrent that leads them to repent—if they feel ashamed and repent when you do not greet them—then there is no harm in boycotting them until they repent to Allah. However, if boycotting them has no effect on them, and refraining from greeting them has no effect on them, and they continue in their state, then greet them, but along with sincere advice, so that perhaps Allah may guide them.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to greet with the salam those who commit sins, such as shaving the beard, smoking, and the like?
Answer:
Yes, it is prescribed to greet them with the salam because they are Muslims. As for the sins they commit, you should advise them to abandon them. If refraining from greeting them serves as a deterrent that leads them to repent—if they feel ashamed and repent when you do not greet them—then there is no harm in boycotting them until they repent to Allah. However, if boycotting them has no effect on them, and refraining from greeting them has no effect on them, and they continue in their state, then greet them, but along with sincere advice, so that perhaps Allah may guide them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز السلام على أهل المعاصي كحلق اللحى وشرب الدخان ونحوها؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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