Calling to Islam with wisdom and good exhortation has a great impact on the hearts of sinners
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We visited some young men on the sidewalk and spoke with them, reminding them of Allah; but one of them continued to smoke and did not put out his cigarette. What should be done? Also, is it permissible for me to say to a person who was sitting with me, reminding him—and I felt that he wanted to smoke—“Go, then come back”?
I say: Your work of going around the sidewalks you mentioned to call the youth to Allah is a good deed, and you will be rewarded for it. If they respond to you, the favor is from Allah for everyone; and if they do not respond to you, you have fulfilled what is obligatory upon you. [An-Nur: 54]. So, if you sit with them and speak to them with calmness and gentleness, I think—Allah knows best—that no one will step forward to commit a sin in front of you, even if nothing stops them from doing so except modesty and shame.
But if it is assumed that some of them insist on committing a sin, then leave and contact this person individually a second time, warn him, and admonish him, so that perhaps Allah will guide him.
Likewise, if you have a companion with you and you see him preparing to commit a sin, advise him and warn him of Allah, and do not despair. The one who does not find guidance this time will find guidance the next time.
I say: Your work of going around the sidewalks you mentioned to call the youth to Allah is a good deed, and you will be rewarded for it. If they respond to you, the favor is from Allah for everyone; and if they do not respond to you, you have fulfilled what is obligatory upon you.
And there is not upon the Messenger except the
وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلاغُBut if it is assumed that some of them insist on committing a sin, then leave and contact this person individually a second time, warn him, and admonish him, so that perhaps Allah will guide him.
Likewise, if you have a companion with you and you see him preparing to commit a sin, advise him and warn him of Allah, and do not despair. The one who does not find guidance this time will find guidance the next time.