The ruling on boycotting a neighbor who does not respond to the call
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Question:
Another questioner asks about a neighbor: if a person invites him and he does not respond after he has given him tapes, should he boycott him or not?
Answer:
A neighbor must be called to Allah the Exalted, for he is more deserving of it than others. If the call has been made and the truth has been conveyed, yet he persists in his disobedience and his unsatisfactory state, then there is another remedy: he should be reported to the authorities, to the men of hisbah (religious police), or to the centers of the Commission. He should be reported for engaging in some sins, or for not attending the prayer in the mosque, or for other such matters. This reporting to the men of hisbah and the centers of the Commission is done after the first method has been exhausted, which is advising him in private, warning him of Allah the Exalted in private, and covering for him as much as possible. If he does not comply, then nothing remains at that point but to report him. Yes.
Another questioner asks about a neighbor: if a person invites him and he does not respond after he has given him tapes, should he boycott him or not?
Answer:
A neighbor must be called to Allah the Exalted, for he is more deserving of it than others. If the call has been made and the truth has been conveyed, yet he persists in his disobedience and his unsatisfactory state, then there is another remedy: he should be reported to the authorities, to the men of hisbah (religious police), or to the centers of the Commission. He should be reported for engaging in some sins, or for not attending the prayer in the mosque, or for other such matters. This reporting to the men of hisbah and the centers of the Commission is done after the first method has been exhausted, which is advising him in private, warning him of Allah the Exalted in private, and covering for him as much as possible. If he does not comply, then nothing remains at that point but to report him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-14-الدعوة إلى الله|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:02)
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