Boycotting a close relative who openly commits sin
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Question:
This questioner says: If one of my close relatives is someone who openly commits sin, and boycotting him does not benefit him, am I sinful in boycotting him after I have advised him and explained to him the evil of his actions?
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding boycotting. If it affects the one being boycotted and he repents to Allah when you boycott him, then boycotting is obligatory because it is a means to abandoning the sin. However, if boycotting does not affect him, and it may even increase his evil, then you do not boycott him, but you continue to advise him and do not despair of his guidance. Repeat the advice to him and do not boycott him, because boycotting him only increases his evil. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This questioner says: If one of my close relatives is someone who openly commits sin, and boycotting him does not benefit him, am I sinful in boycotting him after I have advised him and explained to him the evil of his actions?
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding boycotting. If it affects the one being boycotted and he repents to Allah when you boycott him, then boycotting is obligatory because it is a means to abandoning the sin. However, if boycotting does not affect him, and it may even increase his evil, then you do not boycott him, but you continue to advise him and do not despair of his guidance. Repeat the advice to him and do not boycott him, because boycotting him only increases his evil. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-036-الفتوى وعمن تؤخذ|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (39:25)
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