The ruling on boycotting an uncle who abandons prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I am a woman, and I have an uncle who is advanced in age and well-off, but he does not pray, and he is annoyed by my visits to him. Is it permissible for me to boycott him?
Answer:
If he does not pray, and I have advised him but he did not comply, then boycotting him is obligatory, except if he needs food or drink, or if you are kind to him? Are you kind to him? From the perspective of being kind to one who is truly in need. By Allah, the Exalted and Majestic is He, says:[Luqman 31:15] So if he needs food, and he is still alive, then be kind to him. But affection, gentleness, and visiting him are not permissible, except with advising him, so that perhaps he will repent. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, I am a woman, and I have an uncle who is advanced in age and well-off, but he does not pray, and he is annoyed by my visits to him. Is it permissible for me to boycott him?
Answer:
If he does not pray, and I have advised him but he did not comply, then boycotting him is obligatory, except if he needs food or drink, or if you are kind to him? Are you kind to him? From the perspective of being kind to one who is truly in need. By Allah, the Exalted and Majestic is He, says:
but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب حد القذف — islamhouse.com (1:08:01)
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