Dealing with one who is ignorant toward you and whom you must be in the company of
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If someone is ignorant toward me and I must be in his company, is it better according to the Shari'ah that I discipline and punish him, or that I be patient until I die? What? If someone is ignorant toward me and I must be in his company, is it better according to the Shari'ah that I discipline and punish him, or that
Answer:
Do not be patient with him in a way that his nature turns into a good nature; his nature turns if his nature [is treated well], but if you torment him, his evil increases, because he wants to avenge himself and Satan also supports him. Treat him with the best, repel evil with what is better. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If someone is ignorant toward me and I must be in his company, is it better according to the Shari'ah that I discipline and punish him, or that I be patient until I die? What? If someone is ignorant toward me and I must be in his company, is it better according to the Shari'ah that I discipline and punish him, or that
Answer:
Do not be patient with him in a way that his nature turns into a good nature; his nature turns if his nature [is treated well], but if you torment him, his evil increases, because he wants to avenge himself and Satan also supports him. Treat him with the best, repel evil with what is better. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل قال - تعالى - { فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم } — islamhouse.com (53:33)
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