Dealing with a Brother Who Abandons Prayer and Curses Allah the Exalted
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Question:
She says: My brother does not pray, and sometimes he insults Allah the Exalted very severely. When we boycott him, he transgresses further and becomes more stubborn, saying things about Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that are not fitting. When we boycott him again, he may cause us harm. So what should we do? Are we sinful in eating with him and sitting with him? I know that when he looks at me, I smile, and I cannot keep this smile from my face. I may smile at everyone who looks at me, even when he speaks to me. Is there a sin in that?
Answer:
Yes, as long as you mentioned that he committed two types of apostasy. The first type is abandoning prayer intentionally, and the second type is that he mocks Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So he is an apostate from the religion of Islam, and it is obligatory to at least boycott him, stay away from him, and not associate with him. As for smiling in his face, He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-Mujadila 58:22]. And if his evil increases when he is boycotted, then his evil is upon him. And the one in authority must apply the ruling of the Shari'ah against him. As for you, boycott him and stay away from him if he does not repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and may He reward you with good.
She says: My brother does not pray, and sometimes he insults Allah the Exalted very severely. When we boycott him, he transgresses further and becomes more stubborn, saying things about Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that are not fitting. When we boycott him again, he may cause us harm. So what should we do? Are we sinful in eating with him and sitting with him? I know that when he looks at me, I smile, and I cannot keep this smile from my face. I may smile at everyone who looks at me, even when he speaks to me. Is there a sin in that?
Answer:
Yes, as long as you mentioned that he committed two types of apostasy. The first type is abandoning prayer intentionally, and the second type is that he mocks Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So he is an apostate from the religion of Islam, and it is obligatory to at least boycott him, stay away from him, and not associate with him. As for smiling in his face, He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْThe presenter:
May Allah reward you and may He reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/119 — archive.org (18:03)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.