If you see a man eating with his left hand and you advise him but he refuses, is it permissible for me to remain, or is it obligatory for me to leave?
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The questioner : ... eating with the left hand. A person can advise him to eat with the right hand ... ?
The Shaykh : Eating with him with the left hand, meaning? He stays with him, meaning? And what do you say about this? He says: If you see a man eating with his left hand and you advise him, but he refuses, is it permissible for me to stay, or is it obligatory for me to leave?
The student: I say that if my leaving benefits him by causing him to return to eating with the right hand, I leave him. And if it does not benefit, I stay with him.
The Shaykh : Good, this is a detailed distinction.
The questioner : He curses him.
The Shaykh : If he says, "I cannot," he says, "I have not been able to."
The student: If this is the first time, he advises him.
The Shaykh : He advised him, but he refused.
The student: Then he should leave after this time ...
The Shaykh : By Allah, all of you love your bellies. Is not the one who said this word committing a haram (forbidden) act? Good, is sitting with the doer of the haram permissible or not permissible?
The student: It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The student: He should make him stand up from the food.
The Shaykh : Well done. He should make him stand up if he is able. This is complete. But if he is a guest, is it part of honoring him to make him stand up? I say yes. I did not make him stand up, and he is deserving of honor. I forbade him from the munkar (what is wrong), and he refuses to do anything but commit the munkar in my house, so I make him stand up. But if I am not able to make him stand up, then I leave. This is what the rules require, because the principle is that one must forbid the haram (forbidden). If its doer stops, well and good; otherwise, leave. If you do not do so,
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : He does not want to eat, so he leaves him. Allah will provide him with sustenance from another place.
The questioner : Is it permissible to eat after him?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible to eat after him. Yes.
The Shaykh : Eating with him with the left hand, meaning? He stays with him, meaning? And what do you say about this? He says: If you see a man eating with his left hand and you advise him, but he refuses, is it permissible for me to stay, or is it obligatory for me to leave?
The student: I say that if my leaving benefits him by causing him to return to eating with the right hand, I leave him. And if it does not benefit, I stay with him.
The Shaykh : Good, this is a detailed distinction.
The questioner : He curses him.
The Shaykh : If he says, "I cannot," he says, "I have not been able to."
The student: If this is the first time, he advises him.
The Shaykh : He advised him, but he refused.
The student: Then he should leave after this time ...
The Shaykh : By Allah, all of you love your bellies. Is not the one who said this word committing a haram (forbidden) act? Good, is sitting with the doer of the haram permissible or not permissible?
The student: It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The student: He should make him stand up from the food.
The Shaykh : Well done. He should make him stand up if he is able. This is complete. But if he is a guest, is it part of honoring him to make him stand up? I say yes. I did not make him stand up, and he is deserving of honor. I forbade him from the munkar (what is wrong), and he refuses to do anything but commit the munkar in my house, so I make him stand up. But if I am not able to make him stand up, then I leave. This is what the rules require, because the principle is that one must forbid the haram (forbidden). If its doer stops, well and good; otherwise, leave. If you do not do so,
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : He does not want to eat, so he leaves him. Allah will provide him with sustenance from another place.
The questioner : Is it permissible to eat after him?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible to eat after him. Yes.