Boycotting the family that abandons prayer
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Question:
My elder brother, and indeed my entire family, do not pray except for some of the Friday prayers. I have advised them many times to no avail. What should I do? Should I cut off ties with them and not visit them, or what?
Answer:
As long as they remain in this state, they are to be boycotted. However, if it is possible that your visit would be more beneficial for them, and if you see that your visit brings about a solution for them, then boycott them for the sake of calling them to the truth and guiding them. Do not despair, for perhaps Allah will guide them through His means. But if you see from them ill-treatment toward you, mockery, and refusal to accept, then they deserve to be boycotted, and the least of their states is that they be boycotted. Perhaps this is what should be the case. Say it this way.
My elder brother, and indeed my entire family, do not pray except for some of the Friday prayers. I have advised them many times to no avail. What should I do? Should I cut off ties with them and not visit them, or what?
Answer:
As long as they remain in this state, they are to be boycotted. However, if it is possible that your visit would be more beneficial for them, and if you see that your visit brings about a solution for them, then boycott them for the sake of calling them to the truth and guiding them. Do not despair, for perhaps Allah will guide them through His means. But if you see from them ill-treatment toward you, mockery, and refusal to accept, then they deserve to be boycotted, and the least of their states is that they be boycotted. Perhaps this is what should be the case. Say it this way.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 70 — archive.org (1:21:36)
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