He says that their father prevents them from visiting their relatives and describes them as unsuitable for companionship. What is the guidance of Shaykh Salih?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. It is also mentioned in what is said that Shaykh Salih’s father prevents them even from visiting their relatives and describes them as unsuitable for companionship. What is the guidance of Shaykh Salih? Visiting relatives.
Answer:
The default ruling for it is that it is a form of closeness. Indeed, visiting brothers in religion, even if they are not relatives, is among the acts of obedience and the means of nearness to which our religion has encouraged us, because it fosters love and cooperation in righteousness and piety, and removes aversion from hearts. This is a means of drawing near to Allah the Mighty and Majestic. This is among the acts of obedience, unless this visit to relatives or others has a religious concern. If the one being visited is not upright and his influence affects the visitors negatively, then leaving off the visit is preferable. It is not permissible to visit him if it leads to harm in religion or character. If your father has this concern, then it is a valid concern. But if that is not the case, and it is merely due to excessive strictness or bad suspicion without a basis to build upon, then this is an error. Visiting relatives that does not lead to harm in religion is considered a sin because it causes severance. Severance of kinship. Severance of kinship is forbidden. And it is a major sin among the major sins.
Allah the Exalted said:[Muhammad 47:22-23].
So, severing kinship is a major sin among the major sins. Preventing the visit is a cause of severance, and this prevention did not have a valid basis from the perspective of the Shari'ah?
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. It is also mentioned in what is said that Shaykh Salih’s father prevents them even from visiting their relatives and describes them as unsuitable for companionship. What is the guidance of Shaykh Salih? Visiting relatives.
Answer:
The default ruling for it is that it is a form of closeness. Indeed, visiting brothers in religion, even if they are not relatives, is among the acts of obedience and the means of nearness to which our religion has encouraged us, because it fosters love and cooperation in righteousness and piety, and removes aversion from hearts. This is a means of drawing near to Allah the Mighty and Majestic. This is among the acts of obedience, unless this visit to relatives or others has a religious concern. If the one being visited is not upright and his influence affects the visitors negatively, then leaving off the visit is preferable. It is not permissible to visit him if it leads to harm in religion or character. If your father has this concern, then it is a valid concern. But if that is not the case, and it is merely due to excessive strictness or bad suspicion without a basis to build upon, then this is an error. Visiting relatives that does not lead to harm in religion is considered a sin because it causes severance. Severance of kinship. Severance of kinship is forbidden. And it is a major sin among the major sins.
Allah the Exalted said:
(22) So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship? (23) Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.
فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰ أَبْصَارَهُمْSo, severing kinship is a major sin among the major sins. Preventing the visit is a cause of severance, and this prevention did not have a valid basis from the perspective of the Shari'ah?
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، يقول أن والدهم يمنعهم من زيارة الأقارب، ويصفهم بأنهم لا يصلحون للمعاشرة، فما هو توجيه الشيخ صالح؟ — youtube.com
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