Is it obligatory to accept a relative's invitation if he is in a state of disobedience?
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The questioner: Or something of that sort, and he is a relative of yours, so is it permissible, I mean, to maintain ties with him?
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner: Maintain ties. Brother Ahmad went to attend his gathering, so maintain ties.
The Shaykh: All right, my brother, this man should be one of two things: if you want to leave his invitation, you should follow up with advice. If he accepts the advice...
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: You accepted his invitation. If he does not accept the advice, you cut off ties with him.
The questioner: I did not accept his invitation the first time, but he invited me a second time.
The Shaykh: No, no, that is not what I meant. What I meant is: when you maintain contact with him, whether through an invitation or without one, do you fulfill the obligation of advising him or not? If you fulfill the obligation of advising him, and then he does not accept the advice until you have lost hope in him...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Then leave him and his invitation. But if you are negligent with him, and you do not advise him, and you do not point out his mistakes to him...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Then it is even more fitting that you do not accept his invitation.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: And may the same be for you, if Allah wills. Welcome.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner: Maintain ties. Brother Ahmad went to attend his gathering, so maintain ties.
The Shaykh: All right, my brother, this man should be one of two things: if you want to leave his invitation, you should follow up with advice. If he accepts the advice...
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: You accepted his invitation. If he does not accept the advice, you cut off ties with him.
The questioner: I did not accept his invitation the first time, but he invited me a second time.
The Shaykh: No, no, that is not what I meant. What I meant is: when you maintain contact with him, whether through an invitation or without one, do you fulfill the obligation of advising him or not? If you fulfill the obligation of advising him, and then he does not accept the advice until you have lost hope in him...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Then leave him and his invitation. But if you are negligent with him, and you do not advise him, and you do not point out his mistakes to him...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Then it is even more fitting that you do not accept his invitation.
The questioner: Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: And may the same be for you, if Allah wills. Welcome.
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