Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil: Interacting with a Brother-in-Law Who Doesn’t Pray: What’s the Islamic Duty?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Enjoining the Good and Forbidding Evil: Interacting with a Brother-in-Law Who Doesn’t Pray: What’s the Islamic Duty?
English:
Question #1070:
My sister is married to a man who does not pray. Since he is with us all the time, I have to associate with him, talk to him, and even at times help him in some work at his request. My question is, am I permitted by Islamic law to associate with, talk to and help him in some work? What is my duty towards him?
Answer #1070:
Nothing is obligatory for you except to enjoin him to the good and forbid him from evil in a continuous manner, whenever its conditions exist. If associating with him and assisting him do not encourage him to continue his negligence of prayer, there is no problem in it.