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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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In previous hadiths, previous questions. The questioner mentioned the hadith of his prohibition (peace and blessings be upon him) of throwing pebbles.

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Eid Abbasi : In previous hadiths, previous questions.
The questioner mentioned the hadith of his prohibition (peace and blessings be upon him) of throwing pebbles, and that it does not kill game and does not irritate the enemy, and the hadith of Ibn Mughaffal that his son threw pebbles so he prohibited him, and said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited throwing pebbles, and said so, then he returned to it, so he said: I am telling you that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it, and you have returned to throwing pebbles?! I will not speak to you ever. The question is: Is it understood from this hadith that cutting off and boycotting is permissible, even though the prohibition of both has come in other hadiths?

The Shaykh : This question... it is as if the questioner did not attend one of our previous lessons.
It is obligatory for him and those of his kind to mention that boycotting is of two types. Boycotting a Muslim by his Muslim brother is of two types: The first type: boycotting one who is favored by the self, or from the perspective of "testing character"; a person is wronged by another in a way that does not warrant the cutting off to be explained below of the second type, but rather he did not intend this wrong, so he boycotted him; this boycotting is not permissible in Islam, but our Lord (Mighty and Majestic), out of mercy for His servants, allowed this boycotting for only three nights, so he said (peace and blessings be upon him):
It is not permissible for a Muslim man to boycott his brother for more than three days. They meet, and this one turns away from this one, and this one from this one, and the best of them is the one who begins with his brother by greeting him. لا يحلُّ لرجل مسلم أن يهجُرَ أخاه فوق ثلاث ، يلتقيان فيعرض هذا عن هذا ، وهذا عن هذا ، وخيرُهما الذي يبدأ أخاه بالسلام
, this type of boycotting is forbidden except for the three nights. This is from the perspective of relieving this person to whom something from his Muslim brother reached, so he boycotted him; he boycotts him for one night, two nights, three nights; after that, this boycotting is not permissible for you, it is forbidden by the text of this hadith and others.
As for the other type of boycotting: it is boycotting in the path of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), boycotting for Allah, boycotting for His upbringing; because it may be, what? He deviated in an issue or in a matter or in a word, so the sincere believing man sees that boycotting this person to discipline him is a necessary matter. Of this type was the boycotting of the noble Companion 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal of his son when the son said what?

Eid Abbasi : He returned to throwing pebbles, he had prohibited him from throwing pebbles.

The Shaykh : Yes, 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal narrated to his son that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibiting throwing pebbles. Throwing pebbles is throwing stones at birds, for example, in the Syrian dialect it is called "al-Naqifah," for example. So when this stone hits the bird, it hits it with a hit that kills it, it does not wound it. The Messenger (peace be upon him) prohibited this throwing pebbles in this authentic hadith. The son of 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal did not stop, so he said to him: I am narrating to you from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that He prohibited throwing pebbles, and then you return to throwing pebbles?! So he boycotted him. This boycotting is not a victory for the self, but rather a victory for the Shari'ah and for the sanctities of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This boycotting is a permissible matter.
Of this exact nature is what 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to one of his children, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the meaning of which is: "Allow the women to go out to the mosques at night." He said: By Allah, we will not allow them. He has some truth in this; because from that day he saw the deviation of women from the clean, pure Islamic dress that the first women were upon. He wants to say: Yes; it is as you say about the Messenger (peace be upon him), but this ruling is not suitable for application now, that is his intention, even if there is consideration in his intention. But there is a difference between this example and the previous example. The previous example prohibited throwing pebbles while he was throwing pebbles, but here when he heard that his father was narrating from the Messenger the command to allow women to go out to the mosques at night, because the night is a time of trial and darkness, especially in those days, how do we allow our women when there are open sinners and wicked men who harass them? The son said: By Allah, we will not allow them. He said: I am telling you: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and you say: We will not allow them?! By Allah, I will not speak to you ever, and he died and never spoke to him again. This is boycotting for Allah and a victory for the rulings of Allah and for the sanctities of Allah. This type is permissible; and accordingly came the boycotting of the three who were left behind, whose story is known, briefly in the Qur'an, and in detail in the "Sahihayn."
And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Another questioner : Professor... a final question.

The Shaykh : Yes?

Another questioner : If he boycotted him for three days and did not see him afterwards; can he go to his house?

The Shaykh : That would be better.

Another questioner : If he does not go to him, is it considered boycotting?

The Shaykh : No, if he intended to end the boycotting, there is no sin on him, but the better and best, as I said, is to go to his house.
Source www.al-albany.com

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