Excommunicate a believing family.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
I have
one question which I am in the answer to that desperately.The state from where
I come, there is one village 90% of the population are Muslim, and that Jamat
has boycotted one family from Jamat. I just wanted to know is it possible to
boycott any Muslim from Jamat. They are not even invited for any wedding ceremony
if held in that village. Please I need the answer to the above so that I can
spread awareness.
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Answer:
Excommunicate a
believing family
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2526 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘Three things are
the roots of faith:
- to refrain from (killing) a person who utters, "There is no god
but Allah" (without just cause)
- and
not to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he commits,
- and
not to excommunicate him from Islam for any of his actions.’
Unless and until one declares oneself to be an apostate,
Islam has not given the right to anyone in creation to declare anyone who has
professed belief a disbeliever, nor has Islam given the right to anyone to
ex-communicate a believer from the Brotherhood of the believers or Jamaah.
The one who has declared the ruling to excommunicate the
believing family, and those who follow the ruling…… both will be held severely
accountable for their oppression and their injustice towards the believer in
the Court of Allah Subhanah.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister