Guidance for one who is mocked by his relatives when he advises them
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
This is the last question in our session today, from the questioner Muhammad Hamad al-Rihal, from Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. He says: I have brothers and relatives, but unfortunately, they do not pray and do not uphold the limits of Allah. Should I cut off ties with them? Whenever I enjoin good upon them or forbid them from evil, they mock me and ridicule me, saying, "Do you want to reform all the people?" They have come to dislike sitting with me and have cut me off. What should I do regarding them?
Answer:
You must boycott them and cut off ties with them as long as they do not accept the advice and remain in the state you described, which is abandoning prayer and distancing themselves from good. You should boycott them and cut off ties with them until Allah guides them. This is the obligatory duty. In fact, this is a confirmed Sunnah. Some scholars consider it obligatory to boycott and cut off ties with them due to their misguidance and their distancing from good.
However, if you contact them occasionally, hoping that Allah will guide them through calling, guidance, and direction, there is no harm. And if you have lost hope in them, there is no objection to boycotting them and keeping your distance from them entirely. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) boycotted three of the Companions because they left the expedition with him without an excuse.
So the conclusion is: these people should be boycotted, and at the very least, boycotting them is a confirmed Sunnah until Allah guides them and returns them to the right path.
We ask Allah for guidance for us and for them.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with the best reward.
This is the last question in our session today, from the questioner Muhammad Hamad al-Rihal, from Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. He says: I have brothers and relatives, but unfortunately, they do not pray and do not uphold the limits of Allah. Should I cut off ties with them? Whenever I enjoin good upon them or forbid them from evil, they mock me and ridicule me, saying, "Do you want to reform all the people?" They have come to dislike sitting with me and have cut me off. What should I do regarding them?
Answer:
You must boycott them and cut off ties with them as long as they do not accept the advice and remain in the state you described, which is abandoning prayer and distancing themselves from good. You should boycott them and cut off ties with them until Allah guides them. This is the obligatory duty. In fact, this is a confirmed Sunnah. Some scholars consider it obligatory to boycott and cut off ties with them due to their misguidance and their distancing from good.
However, if you contact them occasionally, hoping that Allah will guide them through calling, guidance, and direction, there is no harm. And if you have lost hope in them, there is no objection to boycotting them and keeping your distance from them entirely. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) boycotted three of the Companions because they left the expedition with him without an excuse.
So the conclusion is: these people should be boycotted, and at the very least, boycotting them is a confirmed Sunnah until Allah guides them and returns them to the right path.
We ask Allah for guidance for us and for them.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with the best reward.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.