Is it permissible to maintain ties with a brother who does not pray or fast?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. Another message arrived from one of the brothers. He says: Honorable Shaykh! I have a brother who does not pray or fast. Should I maintain ties with him and speak to him, hoping to make him love and guide him to prayer and fasting?
Answer:
If he persists in abandoning prayer and fasting, he is not a Muslim, and it is obligatory to boycott him and cut off relations with him if he does not accept guidance, advice, and admonition. It is obligatory to boycott him and cut off relations with him. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mujadila 58:22] without [Al-Mujadila 58:22]. However, if there is hope that Allah will guide him and that he will return to the truth, he should advise him and repeat the advice to him, perhaps Allah will guide him. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. Another message arrived from one of the brothers. He says: Honorable Shaykh! I have a brother who does not pray or fast. Should I maintain ties with him and speak to him, hoping to make him love and guide him to prayer and fasting?
Answer:
If he persists in abandoning prayer and fasting, he is not a Muslim, and it is obligatory to boycott him and cut off relations with him if he does not accept guidance, advice, and admonition. It is obligatory to boycott him and cut off relations with him. Allah the Exalted said:
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِthose who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred
مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7633- هل يجوز صلة الأخ إذا كان لا يصلي ولا يصوم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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