Is it permissible to disavow a disobedient person and warn against him before advising him and establishing the proof against him?

The Shaykh : What is the question regarding disavowal? Is it permissible for a Muslim to do what?

The questioner : That is, to disavow a person, or to disavow his deed? The principle is that one disavows the deed, but as for the person who has engaged in this deed, before the proof is established against him, whether he is from among the non-Muslims, or from among those other than the people of the Sunnah, or from...

The Shaykh : Now, clarify the question. For disavowal, we can use another term that is clearer for the intended meaning of the question. After this clarification, it means either cutting off relations or boycotting, correct? Is that what you mean? So that I can proceed with the answer.

The questioner : Cutting off relations?

The Shaykh : Yes, that is, is it permissible for a Muslim to cut off relations with a disbeliever, not to deal with him, and to boycott him? Is it permissible for a Muslim to cut off relations with a Muslim open sinner who does not adhere to the practice of Islam and to boycott him? Is that what is meant by the question, or is it something else?

The questioner : Warning against him, warning against him and his call.

The Shaykh : Warning against him. Well, does this warning against him necessarily involve cutting off relations and boycotting? Say yes, or does he maintain relations with him and then warn against him? The question must be clarified so that we know the answer.

The questioner : Repeat it so that I understand the question.

The Shaykh : I say, I say, a man warns people against Zayd among the people. Does he maintain relations with him or cut off relations with him?

The questioner : He cuts off relations with him.

The Shaykh : Well, if there is a necessary connection between the two things, after this clearer clarification, I can now proceed to answer the question. Our problem in this time is that we deal with matters based on emotions. And peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. I wanted to say that many of the young people today who are enthusiastic about their Islam and their religion deal with some precise jurisprudential matters in a way that is based on Islamic emotion, a way that is not accompanied by knowledge based on the Book, the Sunnah, and the methodology of the pious predecessors. So I believe that a question like this, that is, warning, cutting off relations, boycotting, loyalty, and disavowal, these are matters that pertain to a strong Muslim society that is capable, first, of realizing such matters, and second, of reaping their ripe and mature fruits. So now, warning does not necessarily have to be accompanied by cutting off relations and boycotting in this time. But when our society is a Muslim society, all these matters must be combined. Today, for example, a very clear example: the Muslim who does not preserve the prayer, to whom the hadith you mentioned in your question applies This man, as I said earlier, the correct legal expression regarding him is to say that he is an open sinner, if he is not a disbeliever who has apostatized from his religion. And it is not said, except in the way of softening words, that he is not committed. He is an open sinner. Well, and that disbeliever is more sinful than him. If we are talking about this, then we may need to talk about one who is more sinful than him, which is the disbeliever. This Muslim who abandons the prayer and goes out of the obedience of Allah in it, and therefore deserves the name of open sinner.