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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on maintaining ties with relatives who have some wrongs, such as satellite dishes and impermissible mixing?

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Question:
The questioner says: Regarding maintaining family ties and severing them, the matter is well known in Islam. However, I have some relatives who are close kin to me, and they have some wrongs, such as satellite dishes, hanging pictures, and impermissible mixing. Is it permissible for me to visit them, knowing that I am unable to rebuke them? Please advise us, may Allah reward you.

Answer:
It is obligatory for you to advise them. It is obligatory for you to advise them and admonish them. So if you visit them for the sake of advising them and admonishing them, that is a good deed and you will be rewarded for it. But if they do not accept the advice and do not abandon the wrongs, do not go to them. The error is upon them, and you have left them rightfully, because this is distancing oneself from the wrong and its people. If they repent and abandon the wrongs, their right is obligatory upon you. And if they do not abandon the wrongs, their right is dropped.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم صلة الأرحام الذين عندهم بعض المنكرات كالدش، والاختلاط غير المشروع؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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