Is it permissible to greet with the salam one who does not pray, and if he greets us, do we return his salam?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A person who openly commits sin, does not pray with the Muslim congregation, and sometimes does not pray at all. Do we greet him with the salam? And if he greets us, do we return his salam?
Answer:
If he does not pray at all and abandons the prayer intentionally, he is a disbeliever. If he accepts advice, advise him. If he persists and does not accept the advice, do not greet him with the salam, do not greet him with the salam, but rather boycott him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. That concludes it. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A person who openly commits sin, does not pray with the Muslim congregation, and sometimes does not pray at all. Do we greet him with the salam? And if he greets us, do we return his salam?
Answer:
If he does not pray at all and abandons the prayer intentionally, he is a disbeliever. If he accepts advice, advise him. If he persists and does not accept the advice, do not greet him with the salam, do not greet him with the salam, but rather boycott him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. That concludes it. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [889 -954] هل يجوز السلام على من لا يصلي، وإذا سلم هل نرد عليه السلام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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