The Ruling on Advising the Disobedient Person Who Persists in His Sin and Repeating the Advice
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If there is a man who persists in sin, such as drinking intoxicants or other sins, and you advised him the first time and rebuked him, but he is still persisting in his sin, is one’s conscience cleared by advising him that one time, or is it necessary to advise him every time?
Answer:
It is obligatory that whenever you see someone in sin, you advise him. Do not be like the Children of Israel, where one of them would advise his brother against sin, then see him the second and third day and leave him, sit with him, and eat and drink with him. When Allah saw that, He cursed them and placed the disbelievers among the Children of Israel upon the tongue of Dawud and Isa, the son of Maryam, because of what they disobeyed and because they used to transgress. Without understanding, they did not restrain themselves from what they did. So it is not permissible for you except to always advise. Pray, then be silent. And if you see that they do not listen, do not sit with them. Stay away from them. Protect yourself from their evil. Mix with them. They are sitting and drinking. They will break you. I advised him. And. I have done what is required of me. No, you have not done what is required of me. You disliked the advice as long as you are with them. Is this specific to major sins, or does it also apply to minor sins? And are minor sins sufficient with seeking forgiveness and good deeds that erase them? It is necessary to repent from all sins, major and minor. Minor sins, if you do not repent from them, become major. So you must repent from all sins, and do not be lenient with minor sins.
The presenter:
Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If there is a man who persists in sin, such as drinking intoxicants or other sins, and you advised him the first time and rebuked him, but he is still persisting in his sin, is one’s conscience cleared by advising him that one time, or is it necessary to advise him every time?
Answer:
It is obligatory that whenever you see someone in sin, you advise him. Do not be like the Children of Israel, where one of them would advise his brother against sin, then see him the second and third day and leave him, sit with him, and eat and drink with him. When Allah saw that, He cursed them and placed the disbelievers among the Children of Israel upon the tongue of Dawud and Isa, the son of Maryam, because of what they disobeyed and because they used to transgress. Without understanding, they did not restrain themselves from what they did. So it is not permissible for you except to always advise. Pray, then be silent. And if you see that they do not listen, do not sit with them. Stay away from them. Protect yourself from their evil. Mix with them. They are sitting and drinking. They will break you. I advised him. And. I have done what is required of me. No, you have not done what is required of me. You disliked the advice as long as you are with them. Is this specific to major sins, or does it also apply to minor sins? And are minor sins sufficient with seeking forgiveness and good deeds that erase them? It is necessary to repent from all sins, major and minor. Minor sins, if you do not repent from them, become major. So you must repent from all sins, and do not be lenient with minor sins.
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
التفسير المفصّل، تفسير من سورة الحجرات إلى سورة الناس [29] — alfawzan.live (48:58)
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