Boycutting Smoking Relatives
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Most of my congregation smoke in their gatherings, meetings, and public and private occasions. I tried to advise them, but to no avail. Is it permissible for us to boycott them and stay away from them?
Answer:
If boycotting them serves as a deterrent for them and causes them shame such that they quit smoking, or at least refrain from it in gatherings and do not harm people with it, then it is obligatory to boycott them. However, if boycotting them only increases their evil, then you should continue advising them and not leave them. Yes. Your session has ended. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Most of my congregation smoke in their gatherings, meetings, and public and private occasions. I tried to advise them, but to no avail. Is it permissible for us to boycott them and stay away from them?
Answer:
If boycotting them serves as a deterrent for them and causes them shame such that they quit smoking, or at least refrain from it in gatherings and do not harm people with it, then it is obligatory to boycott them. However, if boycotting them only increases their evil, then you should continue advising them and not leave them. Yes. Your session has ended. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 29 — archive.org (1:22:33)
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