How should a woman deal with her mahram relatives who abandon prayer?
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Question:
Also, she has one remaining question, Shaykh Abdul Aziz, in which she complains about some young men she knows. She says: They are sinners, and they do not pray. She also mentions some of their bad deeds. They are her mahram relatives, and they live with her in the same house. She asks for your guidance on how she should behave?
Answer:
It is obligatory to advise them, warn them against what Allah has forbidden, and inform them that prayer is the pillar of Islam, and that abandoning it is major shirk in the most correct opinion of the scholars, even if they do not deny its obligation. One must also be cautious of them and guard against their evil, because one who disobeys Allah and abandons prayer cannot be trusted not to do harm.
So we advise you, O sister in Allah, to guard against their evil. If it is possible for you to leave them and move to another house, to your mother, or a righteous brother, or a righteous paternal uncle, or a righteous maternal uncle, that is safer for you than these men. If you are compelled to stay with them, then be cautious of them and guard against their evil, while continuing to advise them and guide them to good, and warn them of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Also, seek help in this from the people of good among your relatives so that they may advise them. We ask Allah for guidance for us and for them.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Also, she has one remaining question, Shaykh Abdul Aziz, in which she complains about some young men she knows. She says: They are sinners, and they do not pray. She also mentions some of their bad deeds. They are her mahram relatives, and they live with her in the same house. She asks for your guidance on how she should behave?
Answer:
It is obligatory to advise them, warn them against what Allah has forbidden, and inform them that prayer is the pillar of Islam, and that abandoning it is major shirk in the most correct opinion of the scholars, even if they do not deny its obligation. One must also be cautious of them and guard against their evil, because one who disobeys Allah and abandons prayer cannot be trusted not to do harm.
So we advise you, O sister in Allah, to guard against their evil. If it is possible for you to leave them and move to another house, to your mother, or a righteous brother, or a righteous paternal uncle, or a righteous maternal uncle, that is safer for you than these men. If you are compelled to stay with them, then be cautious of them and guard against their evil, while continuing to advise them and guide them to good, and warn them of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Also, seek help in this from the people of good among your relatives so that they may advise them. We ask Allah for guidance for us and for them.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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