The Ruling on Responding to the Invitation of an Open Sinner to a Wedding Feast
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it obligatory to respond to the invitation of an open sinner if he invites one to a wedding feast?
Answer:
This falls under boycotting a person, according to what is in the public benefit. If there is a public benefit in boycotting him and it serves as a deterrent for him, then he does not respond to it. But if boycotting him leads to an increase in evil and an increase in his stubbornness, then he does not boycott him, but he forbids him from the sin. Yes, and from the religious innovation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it obligatory to respond to the invitation of an open sinner if he invites one to a wedding feast?
Answer:
This falls under boycotting a person, according to what is in the public benefit. If there is a public benefit in boycotting him and it serves as a deterrent for him, then he does not respond to it. But if boycotting him leads to an increase in evil and an increase in his stubbornness, then he does not boycott him, but he forbids him from the sin. Yes, and from the religious innovation. Yes.
Source
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