What is the criterion for dealing with deviant sects, groups, and their individuals?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. If the criterion for dealing with the people of deviant sects, groups, and their individuals is...
The Shaykh : Yes, from the perspective of greeting, or from the perspective of buying and selling?
The questioner : From the perspective of greeting, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : From the perspective of greeting, greet every person except the disbeliever. You do not initiate the greeting to the disbeliever, but if he greets you, you must return it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to return the greeting to the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians. However, if there is a benefit in boycotting a person, such as an open sinner who, if we boycott him, will desist from his sin and repent to Allah, then we boycott him, because there is a benefit in that, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) commanded regarding the boycotting of Ka'b ibn Malik, Hilal ibn Umayyah, and Murarah ibn al-Rabi' when they lagged behind the expedition to Tabuk, but there was a benefit in boycotting them.
However, if our boycotting of this open sinner causes harm, such as if our boycotting him causes him to persist in his sin, to hate us, and to not accept any advice or correction from us, then boycotting is not permissible. This is because this open sinner, no matter how great his open sinfulness is, is a believer. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 6077 He is a believer and our brother. Note this issue, for some people, out of their intense zeal for the religion of Allah, do not believe in brotherhood between themselves and the open sinners. This is a great error. This opinion, or this view, carries the scent of the methodology of the Khawarij. The sinners, no matter how far they go in their sin, are our brothers. We must advise them. If there is a benefit in boycotting them such that they leave the sin, then boycotting here is either recommended or obligatory. And if there is no benefit in it, do not boycott him; greet him. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, from the perspective of greeting, or from the perspective of buying and selling?
The questioner : From the perspective of greeting, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : From the perspective of greeting, greet every person except the disbeliever. You do not initiate the greeting to the disbeliever, but if he greets you, you must return it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to return the greeting to the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians. However, if there is a benefit in boycotting a person, such as an open sinner who, if we boycott him, will desist from his sin and repent to Allah, then we boycott him, because there is a benefit in that, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) commanded regarding the boycotting of Ka'b ibn Malik, Hilal ibn Umayyah, and Murarah ibn al-Rabi' when they lagged behind the expedition to Tabuk, but there was a benefit in boycotting them.
However, if our boycotting of this open sinner causes harm, such as if our boycotting him causes him to persist in his sin, to hate us, and to not accept any advice or correction from us, then boycotting is not permissible. This is because this open sinner, no matter how great his open sinfulness is, is a believer. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: