Advice to neighbors who neglect the congregational prayer
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Question:
The questioner says: I have neighbors, but they do not pray in the mosque at all times. I have not seen them in the mosque since I moved in, which was several years ago. I have advised them several times before, but to no avail. What is your guidance in this matter?
Answer:
It is obligatory to advise them and to continue advising them, both you and your brother neighbors. You and three or four of your brothers should go to them, advise them, and guide them to good until they perform the prayer in congregation. This is your obligation. One person might be lenient with it, but if you go with a group of your brothers, especially the imam of the mosque, there will be great good in that. Perhaps they will be shy and respond to the truth. If they persist and do not care, then refer their case to the Committee so that it fulfills its obligation in compelling them to the truth, deterring them from falsehood, and disciplining them. It is obligatory to boycott them, and they deserve boycott and discipline if they do not accept the advice and do not submit to the truth; because praying in congregation is obligatory and is among the characteristics of the people of faith, while neglecting it is among the characteristics of the people of hypocrisy. We ask Allah
The questioner says: I have neighbors, but they do not pray in the mosque at all times. I have not seen them in the mosque since I moved in, which was several years ago. I have advised them several times before, but to no avail. What is your guidance in this matter?
Answer:
It is obligatory to advise them and to continue advising them, both you and your brother neighbors. You and three or four of your brothers should go to them, advise them, and guide them to good until they perform the prayer in congregation. This is your obligation. One person might be lenient with it, but if you go with a group of your brothers, especially the imam of the mosque, there will be great good in that. Perhaps they will be shy and respond to the truth. If they persist and do not care, then refer their case to the Committee so that it fulfills its obligation in compelling them to the truth, deterring them from falsehood, and disciplining them. It is obligatory to boycott them, and they deserve boycott and discipline if they do not accept the advice and do not submit to the truth; because praying in congregation is obligatory and is among the characteristics of the people of faith, while neglecting it is among the characteristics of the people of hypocrisy. We ask Allah
Source
وجوب أداء الأمانة ورعايتها — islamhouse.com (55:51)
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