The one who advises his neighbor who abandons prayer and commits sins and gives him tapes: has he discharged his responsibility?
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The Shaykh : Ask, my brother!
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh. If I have a neighbor, for example, who does not pray or commits some of what is wrong, and I have given him advice, or given him some tapes that point him to the truth and clarify to him the error in which he is, have I thereby given him advice and discharged my responsibility? This is the question.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for a person, if he sees something wrong in his brother, to forbid him from it and to call him to good by any means, whether through tapes or small booklets, or by inviting him to his home himself. There is no harm in inviting him to your home and preparing for him, for example, a feast or tea, and then speaking to him about the matter. The impact of this last method may be greater than the impact of tapes and booklets, because the tapes and booklets may be heard and read, or they may not be heard or read. But if you contact him yourself and visit him in his home or invite him to your home, this may be more beneficial. The important thing is reconciliation, and the path to reconciliation varies according to the differences among people, their circumstances, and their receptiveness. The wise, intelligent person is the one who places things in their proper places.
The questioner : We presented this to him!
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : We did this thing!
The Shaykh : Yes, but he did not benefit.
The questioner : He did not benefit.
The Shaykh : That is all. If you gave him the tapes and the small messages, that is the limit of your ability. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[Al-Ghashiyah 88:21-22].
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh. If I have a neighbor, for example, who does not pray or commits some of what is wrong, and I have given him advice, or given him some tapes that point him to the truth and clarify to him the error in which he is, have I thereby given him advice and discharged my responsibility? This is the question.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for a person, if he sees something wrong in his brother, to forbid him from it and to call him to good by any means, whether through tapes or small booklets, or by inviting him to his home himself. There is no harm in inviting him to your home and preparing for him, for example, a feast or tea, and then speaking to him about the matter. The impact of this last method may be greater than the impact of tapes and booklets, because the tapes and booklets may be heard and read, or they may not be heard or read. But if you contact him yourself and visit him in his home or invite him to your home, this may be more beneficial. The important thing is reconciliation, and the path to reconciliation varies according to the differences among people, their circumstances, and their receptiveness. The wise, intelligent person is the one who places things in their proper places.
The questioner : We presented this to him!
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : We did this thing!
The Shaykh : Yes, but he did not benefit.
The questioner : He did not benefit.
The Shaykh : That is all. If you gave him the tapes and the small messages, that is the limit of your ability. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: