Boycoting the People of Desires, Innovations, and Sins
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it taken from the words of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), where he said, “Associating with the owner of this heart is sickness, his companionship is poison, and sitting with him is destruction,” that we should boycott the people of desires, innovations, and major sins?
Answer:
There is no doubt, there is no doubt. It is taken from this that you distance yourself from them. Boycott means leaving them, meaning you leave them, distance yourself from them, and do not feel at ease with them. There is no barrier to dealing with them in what is permissible, such as buying and selling and exchanging worldly benefits; there is nothing wrong with that. But do not feel at ease with them, befriend them, or sit with them. Distance yourself from them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it taken from the words of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), where he said, “Associating with the owner of this heart is sickness, his companionship is poison, and sitting with him is destruction,” that we should boycott the people of desires, innovations, and major sins?
Answer:
There is no doubt, there is no doubt. It is taken from this that you distance yourself from them. Boycott means leaving them, meaning you leave them, distance yourself from them, and do not feel at ease with them. There is no barrier to dealing with them in what is permissible, such as buying and selling and exchanging worldly benefits; there is nothing wrong with that. But do not feel at ease with them, befriend them, or sit with them. Distance yourself from them. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب الميت — islamhouse.com (59:13)
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