Ruling on boycotting neighbors and relatives who own satellite dishes
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Is it permissible to boycott neighbors and relatives who have a satellite dish in their homes for viewing and other purposes?
It is not permissible to boycott them; rather, it is obligatory to maintain ties with them, because the texts regarding the obligation of maintaining family ties are general,Rather, Allah the Exalted said regarding the parents: [Luqman: 15] , so these two parents, your father and your mother, both are polytheists and they exerted effort to make you associate partners with Allah, so they committed shirk (associating partners with Allah) and called to shirk (associating partners with Allah),And despite that, Allah says: [Luqman: 15] .
And regarding maintaining family ties, there is not a single text,He said, peace and blessings be upon him: (Maintain ties with relatives as long as they do not commit sin) So it is obligatory to maintain ties with them.
Yes, if we know that if we boycott them, they will repent to Allah from this, then here we boycott them as a remedy, until they repent. Likewise, if we come to them and they have turned on the device for the satellite dishes, then we forbid them from it, but they do not care about us and keep the device running, then here you do not go to them; because if you go, you would be participating with them in the sin.
It is not permissible to boycott them; rather, it is obligatory to maintain ties with them, because the texts regarding the obligation of maintaining family ties are general,Rather, Allah the Exalted said regarding the parents:
But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفاًdo not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
فَلا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفاًAnd regarding maintaining family ties, there is not a single text,He said, peace and blessings be upon him: (Maintain ties with relatives as long as they do not commit sin) So it is obligatory to maintain ties with them.
Yes, if we know that if we boycott them, they will repent to Allah from this, then here we boycott them as a remedy, until they repent. Likewise, if we come to them and they have turned on the device for the satellite dishes, then we forbid them from it, but they do not care about us and keep the device running, then here you do not go to them; because if you go, you would be participating with them in the sin.