What is the ruling on boycotting neighbors and relatives who have satellite dishes?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you, regarding boycotting neighbors and relatives who have satellite dishes in their homes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Boycotting them from visiting.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Is it permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : 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. In fact, Allah the Exalted said regarding the parents:[Luqman 31:15] So these are two parents, yes. [Luqman 31:15] So these two parents, your father and your mother, both are mushriks (those who associate partners with Allah), 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 yet, Allah says: [Luqman 31:15] There is not a single text in maintaining family ties that says: "Maintain ties with relatives as long as they do not commit sin." So it is obligatory to maintain ties with them. Yes, if we knew that if we boycotted them, they would repent to Allah from this, then here we would boycott them as a remedy, as a remedy, until they repent. Likewise, if we came to them and they had turned on the device for the satellite dishes, and then we forbade them from it, but they did not care about us and kept the device running, then here you do not go to them, because if you went, you would be participating with them in the sin. Yes, the one after that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh, what about... the imam who is obligated.
The Shaykh : If... a little, yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, the imam who is obligated to lead people in prayer, meaning appointed by the Ministry of Awqaf or something like that, and he makes many mistakes in the recitation.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : And he makes many mistakes in the recitation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, he raises what should be lowered or lowers what should be raised, and so on. Is it permissible to pray behind him, meaning, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes. Repeat the question.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, the imam, the imam.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Boycotting them from visiting.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Is it permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : 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. In fact, 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
وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلا تُطِعْهُمَاdo not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
فَلا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفاًdo not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
فَلا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفاًThe questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh, what about... the imam who is obligated.
The Shaykh : If... a little, yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, the imam who is obligated to lead people in prayer, meaning appointed by the Ministry of Awqaf or something like that, and he makes many mistakes in the recitation.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : And he makes many mistakes in the recitation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, he raises what should be lowered or lowers what should be raised, and so on. Is it permissible to pray behind him, meaning, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes. Repeat the question.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, the imam, the imam.