How to deal with one who mocks the religion or the Messenger
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Question:
I have a paternal uncle, my father’s brother, who does not pray, does not know Allah, and claims, in his own words, that he does not know the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). When I advise him, he mocks and ridicules me, saying to me: “You are crazy.” I was even expelled from the house because of him. When I told my father, “It is either me or him in the house,” he said to me: “You go out.” Please note that he owns a house of his own, and I do not want him to take my siblings with him in the car, especially since he does not know the religion. Your Eminence, what is the solution regarding him, and regarding my family? Is my position with them correct, given that I am currently expelled from the house?
Answer:
This is a great evil, and such a person has apostatized from Islam and committed major shirk (associating partners with Allah). But if you are sincere, take his case to the court, or to the committee, or to both. Take it to the court and the committee, and establish witnesses against him so that a ruling is issued regarding him according to the law of Allah, whether it be execution or seeking repentance. Do not remain silent. However, do not be alone in this. Look for trustworthy, upright relatives who know him, because they might say about you: “You are lying, but we expelled you because you said this.” No, you must seek trustworthy people, two, three, or four, to testify with you before the court and the head of the committee, so that the command of Allah is carried out against him, if Allah wills.
May Allah reward you. Do not remain silent, neither you nor anyone else who sees these people. Whoever knows these people who insult the religion and insult the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and do what contradicts Islam, it is obligatory to take their case to the courts and the committees in the country where you are. But do not be one person alone; one person is not sufficient. You must seek trustworthy people with you who monitor the man and know his evil deeds and his bad words, so that his case is brought forward with insight and the testimony of a group, so that it is not said: “This one has an error, and this one has such and such, and this one has such and such.”
I have a paternal uncle, my father’s brother, who does not pray, does not know Allah, and claims, in his own words, that he does not know the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). When I advise him, he mocks and ridicules me, saying to me: “You are crazy.” I was even expelled from the house because of him. When I told my father, “It is either me or him in the house,” he said to me: “You go out.” Please note that he owns a house of his own, and I do not want him to take my siblings with him in the car, especially since he does not know the religion. Your Eminence, what is the solution regarding him, and regarding my family? Is my position with them correct, given that I am currently expelled from the house?
Answer:
This is a great evil, and such a person has apostatized from Islam and committed major shirk (associating partners with Allah). But if you are sincere, take his case to the court, or to the committee, or to both. Take it to the court and the committee, and establish witnesses against him so that a ruling is issued regarding him according to the law of Allah, whether it be execution or seeking repentance. Do not remain silent. However, do not be alone in this. Look for trustworthy, upright relatives who know him, because they might say about you: “You are lying, but we expelled you because you said this.” No, you must seek trustworthy people, two, three, or four, to testify with you before the court and the head of the committee, so that the command of Allah is carried out against him, if Allah wills.
May Allah reward you. Do not remain silent, neither you nor anyone else who sees these people. Whoever knows these people who insult the religion and insult the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and do what contradicts Islam, it is obligatory to take their case to the courts and the committees in the country where you are. But do not be one person alone; one person is not sufficient. You must seek trustworthy people with you who monitor the man and know his evil deeds and his bad words, so that his case is brought forward with insight and the testimony of a group, so that it is not said: “This one has an error, and this one has such and such, and this one has such and such.”
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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