The ruling on repeating advice to one who persists in a major sin
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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on a man who persists in a major sin despite being advised repeatedly and the evidence being established against him more than once? Do we repeat the advice to him, or do we leave him?
Answer:
Without a doubt, you must repeat the advice to him; your conscience is not cleared except by doing so, and you must not remain silent about it. Persisting in a major sin increases the sin; it increases the sin of its perpetrator. It indicates his negligence regarding disobedience. It is obligatory for the Muslim to hasten to repent.[An-Nisa 4:17]. Yes.
He says: What is the ruling on a man who persists in a major sin despite being advised repeatedly and the evidence being established against him more than once? Do we repeat the advice to him, or do we leave him?
Answer:
Without a doubt, you must repeat the advice to him; your conscience is not cleared except by doing so, and you must not remain silent about it. Persisting in a major sin increases the sin; it increases the sin of its perpetrator. It indicates his negligence regarding disobedience. It is obligatory for the Muslim to hasten to repent.
The repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness
إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/281 — archive.org (7:16)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.