Boycotting the sinners and the criterion for its permissibility
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: As for boycotting the sinners, is it prescribed at all times?
The Shaykh:
If there is a benefit in it, if there is a benefit in that it leads to their repentance and their regret for what they did, then they are boycotted. But if boycotting them only increases their evil, then they are not boycotted.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: As for boycotting the sinners, is it prescribed at all times?
The Shaykh:
If there is a benefit in it, if there is a benefit in that it leads to their repentance and their regret for what they did, then they are boycotted. But if boycotting them only increases their evil, then they are not boycotted.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في بيان كيد الشيطان لنفسه قبل كيده للأبوين — islamhouse.com (1:12:44)
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