Cutting off ties with relatives who practice sorcery
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Question:
The questioner says: I have relatives who practice sorcery, and I have been harmed by them. I have now distanced myself from them for fear that they will harm me, because they pursue a path of revenge against me, and likewise against my family. Is there any sin on me for cutting off my ties with them without notifying them? However, if I meet them, I greet them with the salam, but I do not visit them, and I do not want them to visit me so that they do not place something in my house or otherwise.
Answer:
There is a distinction here. If this is a matter of bad suspicion and waswasah (whispers of Satan), then leave the bad suspicion and leave the waswasah. But if you are certain that they are sorcerers, then these are disbelievers, and it is not permissible for you to maintain ties with them except to call them to repentance and invite them to Allah. As for if they persist in sorcery and do not accept repentance and do not accept advice, then distance yourself from them and isolate yourself from them, and do not greet them with the salam so that you do not initiate the greeting to them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: I have relatives who practice sorcery, and I have been harmed by them. I have now distanced myself from them for fear that they will harm me, because they pursue a path of revenge against me, and likewise against my family. Is there any sin on me for cutting off my ties with them without notifying them? However, if I meet them, I greet them with the salam, but I do not visit them, and I do not want them to visit me so that they do not place something in my house or otherwise.
Answer:
There is a distinction here. If this is a matter of bad suspicion and waswasah (whispers of Satan), then leave the bad suspicion and leave the waswasah. But if you are certain that they are sorcerers, then these are disbelievers, and it is not permissible for you to maintain ties with them except to call them to repentance and invite them to Allah. As for if they persist in sorcery and do not accept repentance and do not accept advice, then distance yourself from them and isolate yourself from them, and do not greet them with the salam so that you do not initiate the greeting to them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، تتمة باب ما جاء في الفتن — islamhouse.com (1:19:19)
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