Accepting a gift from one who abandons prayer

Question:
A gift from the Shaykh. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I do not like to say anything before the Prophet of Allah except that it is a life or a calamity."

Answer:
Accepting a gift is permissible, and it is more than what the original fortune-teller does. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to accept gifts. Accepting a gift is good, but this does not establish the advice for the one who abandons prayer. If rejecting the gift serves as a deterrent to him and a boycott of him, that is good. And if accepting it serves to reconcile him and encourage him to repent, that is good. So accepting a gift from one who has abandoned prayer has a wisdom in it, if it is for reconciling him and encouraging him, and for visiting him to advise him; that is good. It is a good means among the means of da'wah (calling others to Islam). But if he does not accept the advice, and in rejecting the gift there is a deterrent to him and a boycott of him, and an effect on him, that is also good. Yes.