Is it permissible to boycott a brother who has installed a satellite dish in his home and has not accepted advice?
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The questioner : This questioner says: My brother has a satellite dish in his house.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : A satellite dish.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : A satellite dish. He said, and I have advised him many times. Is it permissible for me to cut off relations with him? Please advise us.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for you to maintain ties with your brother, and part of maintaining those ties is advising him. You should advise him, repeat it to him, and explain to him the danger this satellite dish poses to morals, creed, and behavior. If he reforms, that is what is desired. Otherwise, maintain your ties with him. However, if this satellite dish is tuned to something forbidden, then get up, leave the place, and cut off relations with him in that situation. But do not cut off relations with him permanently, because he is your brother. By using this satellite dish, he does not become a disbeliever; rather, he is among the open sinners. Open sinners are to be maintained with, even if they are open sinners, unless you boycott him in order for him to repent from it. If that is the case, then boycott him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says.
The Shaykh : A female questioner.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : A satellite dish.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : A satellite dish. He said, and I have advised him many times. Is it permissible for me to cut off relations with him? Please advise us.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for you to maintain ties with your brother, and part of maintaining those ties is advising him. You should advise him, repeat it to him, and explain to him the danger this satellite dish poses to morals, creed, and behavior. If he reforms, that is what is desired. Otherwise, maintain your ties with him. However, if this satellite dish is tuned to something forbidden, then get up, leave the place, and cut off relations with him in that situation. But do not cut off relations with him permanently, because he is your brother. By using this satellite dish, he does not become a disbeliever; rather, he is among the open sinners. Open sinners are to be maintained with, even if they are open sinners, unless you boycott him in order for him to repent from it. If that is the case, then boycott him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says.
The Shaykh : A female questioner.