If boycotting the one who abandons prayer does not benefit him, but rather increases his turning away, what is the ruling on boycotting him?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If boycotting the one who abandons prayer does not benefit him, but rather increases his turning away, what is the ruling on boycotting him?
Answer:
If he is only abandoning the congregational prayer while he prays individually, then he is to be advised. He is to be commanded to pray in congregation, and this is repeated to him. Then, if boycotting him serves as a deterrent and has an effect on him, he is to be boycotted. But if boycotting him only increases his rebellion, then he should continue to be advised and the sin should be denounced to him.
And boycotting has become of no benefit in the case of the one who abandons the congregational prayer. As for the one who abandons prayer entirely and does not pray, he is a disbeliever. It is obligatory to boycott him, and it is not permissible to maintain contact with him or love him. Rather, he is considered a disbeliever and is to be treated as disbelievers are treated.[Al-Mujadila 58:22] So the one who abandons prayer entirely and persists in abandoning it is a disbeliever who is to be boycotted as disbelievers are boycotted, yes, until he repents to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If boycotting the one who abandons prayer does not benefit him, but rather increases his turning away, what is the ruling on boycotting him?
Answer:
If he is only abandoning the congregational prayer while he prays individually, then he is to be advised. He is to be commanded to pray in congregation, and this is repeated to him. Then, if boycotting him serves as a deterrent and has an effect on him, he is to be boycotted. But if boycotting him only increases his rebellion, then he should continue to be advised and the sin should be denounced to him.
And boycotting has become of no benefit in the case of the one who abandons the congregational prayer. As for the one who abandons prayer entirely and does not pray, he is a disbeliever. It is obligatory to boycott him, and it is not permissible to maintain contact with him or love him. Rather, he is considered a disbeliever and is to be treated as disbelievers are treated.
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 their brothers or their kindred
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [150 -954] إذا كان تارك الصلاة لا ينفع فيه الهجر، بل يزيده إعراضا فما حكم هجره؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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