Visiting a brother who uses narcotics and threatens to beat
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The Shaykh:
There is no god but Allah. Or the salam. From Islam.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have an older brother who uses and consumes narcotics, and he threatens to beat us if we visit him. We are not visiting him now out of fear of him. Is there a sin on us for that? And is that considered cutting off ties?
The Shaykh:
If you fear him, do not visit him. If you fear that he will beat you or be violent with you, do not visit him; because he is not of sound mind, for narcotics change the mind, may Allah protect us from that. So this is a danger to you.
There is no god but Allah. Or the salam. From Islam.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have an older brother who uses and consumes narcotics, and he threatens to beat us if we visit him. We are not visiting him now out of fear of him. Is there a sin on us for that? And is that considered cutting off ties?
The Shaykh:
If you fear him, do not visit him. If you fear that he will beat you or be violent with you, do not visit him; because he is not of sound mind, for narcotics change the mind, may Allah protect us from that. So this is a danger to you.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الأول في انقسام القلوب إلى صحيح وسقيم وميت — islamhouse.com (1:03:29)
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