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The Shaykh : He was flogged, and he had two mounts with him in that expedition, meaning he was a wealthy man who could have gone out to fight, but his soul was tempted to delay; he said, "I will go out tomorrow, I will go out tomorrow, I will go out tomorrow," until the time passed. I can argue and dispute. Look at his faith; his faith is amazing. They did not speak to him, not even his relatives; they did not speak to him, even though he was the best of people in character and the most enduring, Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Even though he was the best of people in character, may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him. He was his cousin and the most beloved of people to him, but he did not return his greeting, in obedience to Allah and His Messenger. He did not return his greeting. He did not answer him; he said, "Allah knows best." Meaning, come to us, we will support you, we will make you like us, and he is a king who will make him the son of a king. He burned it out of fear that one day his soul might be tempted to submit to this king and go to him, and this is in the category of preventing harm and blocking the means to harm.
Meaning, should I just boycott her while she is under my protection, or should I divorce her? If he said, "Divorce her," he divorced her, and he had no attachment to her. She went to her people, and he remained for ten nights in the state described by Allah in His Noble Book: then Allah relieved them. The earth became so narrow for him that he could not face people. Sal' is a mountain in Medina that is well known. This, by Allah, is the great glad tidings; we ask Allah the Exalted to accept our repentance. And He informed him of Allah's acceptance of his repentance. So look at what happened from this great distress in which they remained, with their sincerity and faith: Allah revealed a Book about them that is recited until the Day of Resurrection. Their story is recited until the Day of Resurrection; Muslims read it in their prayers, in their night prayers, and in their prayers, and they draw near to Allah the Exalted by reciting their story, and they receive ten good deeds for every letter they read. Who attains this benefit? But this is the benefit of turning to Allah the Mighty and Majestic, for He, Glorified and Exalted is He, does not disappoint the one who hopes in Him. And the benefit of sincerity. So the important thing is that the boycotting of Ka'b ibn Malik and his two companions had a great benefit, which is that they turned to Allah, were sincere to Allah, were sincere with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and remained firm in their faith. So there was a great benefit in their boycotting. If boycotting one who commits a sin by leaving an obligatory act or doing a forbidden act has a benefit, then he is boycotted until the benefit is realized. But as for one whose boycotting does not benefit anything, but only increases the severity of the matter and distance from the people of good, then he is not boycotted, because the Shari'ah came with benefits and the repelling of harms. If we know that if we boycott this sinner, he will only increase in evil and hatred toward us and hatred toward the good with us, then we do not boycott him; we greet him and return his greeting, because he is a believer, even if he disobeys Allah. And a believer is not boycotted for more than three days. This is the ruling regarding what is related to preservation.
And in the end, it saddens me to see Muslims today passing by one another without one of them greeting the other. They meet, and the shoulder of one strikes the shoulder of the other, and he does not greet him, may Allah protect us from that, as if he passed by a corpse or a Jew or a Christian, even though he is his brother. And with this, if he greets, what does he gain? Ten good deeds, cash, firmness of faith, love, affection, entering Paradise. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He made clear that spreading the greeting is one of the causes of love, and love is part of faith, and faith is a cause for entering Paradise. It is very sad for us to see Muslims meeting one another without greeting, and perhaps, perhaps they are brothers, classmates in study, whether study in the mosque or study in the college or institute or other schools, and they do not greet one another. So what is the benefit of knowledge? What is the benefit of seeking knowledge if the student of knowledge is not raised with the good upbringing indicated by the Book and the Sunnah, and upon which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was? So what is the benefit of his learning if he is the same as the ignorant person, or if the ignorant person is not better than him?
For this reason, I urge you to spread the greeting for its great benefits, and it does not harm because it is an act of the tongue, and the tongue, if it works from morning to evening, does not get tired or weary. So we ask Allah for guidance, success, protection, and repentance for us and for you. Indeed, He is Able to do all things.

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