Severing ties with a close relative who commits religious violations
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Question:
My relative has some religious violations, such as shaving his beard, smoking, and mocking the people of religion. He prays and fasts. Is there a prescribed ruling regarding severing ties with him?
Answer:
No, maintain contact with him through advice and admonition. However, mocking the religion is serious; it takes him out of the religion and out of the faith. So you must explain to him the severity of this and that he should abandon this blameworthy trait. He should not mock the religion or the people of religion, because this is dangerous for his belief. He may even apostatize from the religion of Islam because of it. Yes.
My relative has some religious violations, such as shaving his beard, smoking, and mocking the people of religion. He prays and fasts. Is there a prescribed ruling regarding severing ties with him?
Answer:
No, maintain contact with him through advice and admonition. However, mocking the religion is serious; it takes him out of the religion and out of the faith. So you must explain to him the severity of this and that he should abandon this blameworthy trait. He should not mock the religion or the people of religion, because this is dangerous for his belief. He may even apostatize from the religion of Islam because of it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-072-فضل إصلاح ذات البين|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (49:24)
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