What is the ruling on visiting relatives if they have a dish?

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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah preserve you: A person visits his relatives, and these relatives have some prohibited matters, for example, what is called a dish. It is known that they are aware that the ruling on this is forbidden. So, should he cut off visiting them, or should he visit them?

The Shaykh : If he has relatives, then maintaining ties with relatives is obligatory, even if they are in a state that is not pleasing, because Allah the Exalted said:

⁽¹⁴⁾ And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination. ⁽¹⁵⁾ But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Me [in repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.

وَوَصَّيْنَا الإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْناً عَلَى وَهْنٍ وَفِصَالُهُ فِي عَامَيْنِ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ * وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ

[Luqman 31:14-15]

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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 تُطِعْهُمَا

[Luqman 31:15]

"strive against you" means: they insisted upon you and argued with you to associate partners with Allah. He said:

do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness

فلا تطعهما وصاحبهما في الدنيا معروفاً

[Luqman 31:15]

and He did not say: "and boycott them." Likewise, maintaining family ties is obligatory even if the relative is in a state that is not pleasing. So, you must maintain ties with your relatives, even if they have the dish, whose harm is much greater than its benefit, on the condition that they do not play it on a forbidden channel while you are present. If they play it on a forbidden channel while you are present, then you do not go to them, so that you do not participate with them in the sin. And with this, we advise the person to fulfill the right of the relative through advice, meaning: he goes and advises them and clarifies that this is forbidden, i.e., watching forbidden things is forbidden, so that he fulfills what Allah has obligated upon him of advice and treats his relatives well.

Source alathar.net

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