Ruling on Sitting with People of Sins
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Question:
Is it permissible for a person to sit with those who smoke, even if they are his relatives, and this person has already advised them but they did not listen to him? Is it permissible to sit with them? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
It is obligatory for one who sits with people of sins to advise them, direct them to good, help them in obeying Allah, and remind them of Allah. If they do not respond to him, it is prescribed for him to boycott them, unless his association with them is more beneficial and brings more good and less evil. Let him do what is most beneficial.
Sometimes, boycotting may increase the evil. If not boycotting him, and associating with them at times, and repeating the advice, is what decreases their evil and increases their good, then he should do that. Let him do what is most beneficial.
Is it permissible for a person to sit with those who smoke, even if they are his relatives, and this person has already advised them but they did not listen to him? Is it permissible to sit with them? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
It is obligatory for one who sits with people of sins to advise them, direct them to good, help them in obeying Allah, and remind them of Allah. If they do not respond to him, it is prescribed for him to boycott them, unless his association with them is more beneficial and brings more good and less evil. Let him do what is most beneficial.
Sometimes, boycotting may increase the evil. If not boycotting him, and associating with them at times, and repeating the advice, is what decreases their evil and increases their good, then he should do that. Let him do what is most beneficial.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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