What is the ruling if I establish the proof against a person who does not pray and he does not respond, and I say, “O Allah, do not have mercy on him unless he repents”?
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The questioner : O our Shaykh, is there a sin on me, for example, if after I called a man who does not pray, after I called him and called him and called him, and showed him the punishment for the one who abandons prayer, and that if he holds that belief he exits the religion?
The Shaykh : The proof has been established against him.
The questioner : I mean, the proof has been established against him, but he does not want to... So if I say, meaning for myself, I do not ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to have mercy on him unless he has repented, am I sinful for such a supplication?
The Shaykh : What is the supplication?
The questioner : He says, “O Lord, do not have mercy on him unless he repents, do not forgive him unless he repents.”
Another questioner : O Allah, do not have mercy on him.
The Shaykh : No, you say, “O Allah, guide him.”
The questioner : O Allah, guide him, meaning I...
The Shaykh :Sahih Muslim 1792a .
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you, may Allah guide us all, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Amen. Then, truly, my brothers, I say that these misguided ones are sick, and therefore we must have compassion on them, we must have compassion on them. Look, there are two camps: a camp of disbelief and a camp of Islam—from here, my son.
The student : Please, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : There will be two camps: a camp of faith and a camp of disbelief. Here, the believing personality must be distinguished from the disbelieving personality. So, be harsh with them. But now, as they say about us in Syria, the pot is lost; you do not know if he is a Muslim or a disbeliever or a hypocrite. Therefore, now it requires gentleness.
The Shaykh : The proof has been established against him.
The questioner : I mean, the proof has been established against him, but he does not want to... So if I say, meaning for myself, I do not ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to have mercy on him unless he has repented, am I sinful for such a supplication?
The Shaykh : What is the supplication?
The questioner : He says, “O Lord, do not have mercy on him unless he repents, do not forgive him unless he repents.”
Another questioner : O Allah, do not have mercy on him.
The Shaykh : No, you say, “O Allah, guide him.”
The questioner : O Allah, guide him, meaning I...
The Shaykh :
My Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know.
اللهم اهْدِ قومي ؛ فإنَّهم لا يعلمونThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you, may Allah guide us all, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Amen. Then, truly, my brothers, I say that these misguided ones are sick, and therefore we must have compassion on them, we must have compassion on them. Look, there are two camps: a camp of disbelief and a camp of Islam—from here, my son.
The student : Please, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : There will be two camps: a camp of faith and a camp of disbelief. Here, the believing personality must be distinguished from the disbelieving personality. So, be harsh with them. But now, as they say about us in Syria, the pot is lost; you do not know if he is a Muslim or a disbeliever or a hypocrite. Therefore, now it requires gentleness
Gentleness has never been in anything except that it adorned it, and harshness has never been in anything except that it disgraced it.
ما كان الرِّفقُ في شيءٍ إلا زانَه ، وما كان العنفُ في شيءٍ إلا شانَه
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