Loyalty and Disavowal with a Polytheist Brother: Living with Him and Eating with Him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner asks and says: My full brother is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). He says: Does al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) require me not to live with him and not to eat with him?
Answer:
No, eating with him is permissible (mubah); there is no harm in it. As for living with him, do not live with him so that he does not influence you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner asks and says: My full brother is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). He says: Does al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) require me not to live with him and not to eat with him?
Answer:
No, eating with him is permissible (mubah); there is no harm in it. As for living with him, do not live with him so that he does not influence you. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 18-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (57:31)
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