Is it permissible to boycott those who stay up at night, sleep during the day, and combine prayers?
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Question:
I seek forgiveness from Allah. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: Some of my brothers stay up at night and sleep during the day, and they do not pray except when they wake up, and they combine most of the prayers. I have advised them, but they did not respond. I am now boycotting them; I do not speak to them, and I do not return their salam, although they greet me. Do I have the right to do this, and is my action correct?
Answer:
First of all, O brothers, do not live with them if you are able to separate from them and live alone; then distance yourself from them. As for greeting them with the salam, as we mentioned, if greeting them has an effect on them in terms of repentance and accepting advice, then greet them.
However, if they persist and do not accept advice, and if withholding the salam serves as a deterrent that leads them to repent, then this is one of the means of treating them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) boycotted the three who were left behind.
The three who were left behind were those who lagged behind in the expedition, in the expedition to Tabuk, without an excuse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) boycotted them for fifty nights until Allah turned to them in mercy.
I seek forgiveness from Allah. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: Some of my brothers stay up at night and sleep during the day, and they do not pray except when they wake up, and they combine most of the prayers. I have advised them, but they did not respond. I am now boycotting them; I do not speak to them, and I do not return their salam, although they greet me. Do I have the right to do this, and is my action correct?
Answer:
First of all, O brothers, do not live with them if you are able to separate from them and live alone; then distance yourself from them. As for greeting them with the salam, as we mentioned, if greeting them has an effect on them in terms of repentance and accepting advice, then greet them.
However, if they persist and do not accept advice, and if withholding the salam serves as a deterrent that leads them to repent, then this is one of the means of treating them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) boycotted the three who were left behind.
The three who were left behind were those who lagged behind in the expedition, in the expedition to Tabuk, without an excuse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) boycotted them for fifty nights until Allah turned to them in mercy.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز هجر من يسهر الليل وينام النهار ويجمع الصلوات؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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