Does distancing oneself from the people of innovation mean boycotting them, and what is the criterion for boycotting?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does distancing oneself from the people of innovation mean boycotting them? What is the criterion for boycotting? When does it occur? And if the one being boycotted is a relative, does that contradict maintaining family ties?
The Shaykh:
Boycotting is of two types: boycotting the sinners who have not innovated, but rather have a transgression that is not an innovation. This person is boycotted to the extent that it deters him. If he repents, he is not boycotted. He is boycotted if there is a benefit in the boycotting, namely that it deters him and has an effect on him. But if boycotting him only increases his evil, then he is not boycotted; rather, he is advised, and the advising continues with him. This is regarding the sinners. As for the innovator, he is boycotted completely until he repents to Allah the Exalted. Yes, there is a difference between the innovator and the sinner. Yes.
The presenter:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
So if he is a relative, he is boycotted. Even if he is a relative, the innovator is boycotted. Even if he is a relative,[Al-Mujadila 58:22] And as for you being kind to him in worldly matters and worldly dealings, there is no harm in that. But as for you loving him or being loyal to him, that is not permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does distancing oneself from the people of innovation mean boycotting them? What is the criterion for boycotting? When does it occur? And if the one being boycotted is a relative, does that contradict maintaining family ties?
The Shaykh:
Boycotting is of two types: boycotting the sinners who have not innovated, but rather have a transgression that is not an innovation. This person is boycotted to the extent that it deters him. If he repents, he is not boycotted. He is boycotted if there is a benefit in the boycotting, namely that it deters him and has an effect on him. But if boycotting him only increases his evil, then he is not boycotted; rather, he is advised, and the advising continues with him. This is regarding the sinners. As for the innovator, he is boycotted completely until he repents to Allah the Exalted. Yes, there is a difference between the innovator and the sinner. Yes.
The presenter:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
So if he is a relative, he is boycotted. Even if he is a relative, the innovator is boycotted. Even if he is a relative,
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [787 -1024] هل معنى الابتعاد عن أهل البدع، هو هجرهم وما هو الضابط في الهجر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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