The Difference Between Prescribed Boycott and Unprescribed Boycott

The questioner : Ibn Umar with the man who forbade him from boycotting, and when he returned, he said, "Do not think that I..."

The questioner : Regarding al-Rafai, oh professor.

The Shaykh : Abu 'Abdullah.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : The Shaykh : Ali is here, not there, reminding us of a hadith.

The questioner : Yes, exactly.

The Shaykh : It is that Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab narrated one day a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said Then one of his sons said, "By Allah, we will not allow them to go out." The father said to his son, "I am telling you that the Messenger of Allah said so and so, and you say you will not do it? By Allah, I will never speak to you again." I am telling you, the Messenger of Allah said it, and you are saying the opposite of what the Messenger of Allah said. By Allah, I will never speak to you again, and he did not speak to him until he died... And the hadith is in Sahih Muslim. What do you think was the intention of Ibn Umar here?

The questioner : His discipline.

The Shaykh : His discipline.

The questioner : There is another hadith from my side, professor.

The Shaykh : It seems you were distracted by your name?

The questioner : ...Ali, one thing that will not happen.

The Shaykh : Bring it so we can see, but may Allah will it that your hadith is like his, strong, and not like a cotton bag.

The questioner : Oh man, you are making me think it is easy.

The questioner : Of course, he has to make you think it is easy, because the believer is easy until...

The Shaykh : Okay, bring it so we can see.

The questioner : One of the Companions used to throw stones to hunt with the throwing.

Another questioner : ... .

The questioner : Abdullah ibn Mughaffal? ... Perhaps, so another Companion came to him, I do not remember the names, and said to him:

The questioner : I mean, this is hitting the stone, right.

The questioner : No, not with arrows, like this, with the hand, with the hand.

The Shaykh : Yes, yes.

The questioner : Once again, he found this Companion still doing his action, so he said to him: "I told you the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade it, and you continue to hunt with this..." He said to him: "I will never speak to you again."

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Also, my professor said: "By Allah, I will not be under a roof with you."

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : How can he combine this action with the hadith of the Messenger of Allah which forbade it for more than three days?

The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, may Allah forgive you!

The questioner : Amen, O Lord.

The Shaykh : It is the nature of some people to be like this, meaning, do you see how it is? ... My dear, we are saying that the forbidden boycott is the worldly boycott, to quench the thirst of the soul against this opponent.

The questioner : Yes, exactly.

The Shaykh : As for the prescribed boycott, it is for an educational purpose, and now your question is not relevant.

The questioner : Now, the education of Abdullah ibn Umar by his father, meaning, do you think that Abdullah...

The Shaykh : His father was educating his son.

The questioner : Educating his son, his son, do you think that a Companion of the Messenger of Allah did not repent and he finished with his son?

The Shaykh : This is another issue, and you will return and greet our friend Abu Bilal here. This is another issue; we are investigating why Abdullah ibn Umar boycotted his son and did not speak to him until he died? It was discipline for his wrong stance toward the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the issue of whether he repented or not, that has no place in the topic. We want to know why Abdullah boycotted his son: was it to quench his anger or revenge for the hadith of his Prophet and victory for the hadith of his Prophet? This is without a doubt. So this is the difference between the prescribed boycott and the unprescribed boycott. For example, two people quarrel with each other, and this often happens for a worldly matter. As we said in the explanation of the hadith and the commentary on it, our Lord allowed these two to boycott each other for three days, and then? The best of them is the one who initiates the greeting to his brother, because there is no boycott for the sake of Allah here. The boycott for the sake of Allah continues unless it becomes clear, as we also said in the previous hadith, that the boycotted person repented and turned to Allah. For example, a person does not pray, so his brother or friend or beloved boycotted him, and he showed him the reason for the boycott, not leaving it ambiguous like this, because you are not praying. A long or short time passed, it does not matter, the man started to pray for Allah the Exalted, the reason for the boycott disappeared, and so on.

The questioner : On this occasion, did his son remain in this state?

The Shaykh : How would I know.

The Shaykh : We know what came in the hadith and that is all.