Is it permissible to greet a smoker or someone who is sitting while the prayer is being established?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I pass by a Muslim who is disobeying Allah, such as one who is smoking, or one who is sitting while the prayer is being established, I hate him and do not greet him, but rather I turn away from him. Is there any religious harm in my doing this?
Answer:
It is better that you greet him and say to him, "My brother, pray. My brother, leave off smoking, for it is harmful and forbidden." You combine the two: greeting him and forbidding him from the sin. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I pass by a Muslim who is disobeying Allah, such as one who is smoking, or one who is sitting while the prayer is being established, I hate him and do not greet him, but rather I turn away from him. Is there any religious harm in my doing this?
Answer:
It is better that you greet him and say to him, "My brother, pray. My brother, leave off smoking, for it is harmful and forbidden." You combine the two: greeting him and forbidding him from the sin. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [226 -858] هل يجوز إلقاء السلام على المدخن أو على الجالس والصلاة تقام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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