My uncle does not pray in the mosque and does not observe the times of prayer, and he refuses advice. Is it obligatory for me to maintain ties with him?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I have an uncle who smokes and does not pray in the mosque except for the Friday prayer; the rest he prays at home without observing the times. The question is: Is it obligatory for me to maintain ties with him, visit him, and greet him? Even though he says, “Do not advise me, and do not speak to me with advice at all.”
Answer:
Do not visit him as long as he says this. This is stubbornness, and he does not accept advice. Leave him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I have an uncle who smokes and does not pray in the mosque except for the Friday prayer; the rest he prays at home without observing the times. The question is: Is it obligatory for me to maintain ties with him, visit him, and greet him? Even though he says, “Do not advise me, and do not speak to me with advice at all.”
Answer:
Do not visit him as long as he says this. This is stubbornness, and he does not accept advice. Leave him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [984 -1024] لي عم لا يصلي في المسجد ولا يراعي أوقات الصلوات، ويرفض النصيحة، فهل يجب علي صلته؟ — youtube.com
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