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his brother, he should inform him.”
Al Shafi‟i said: “Whoever admonishes his brother in private he has advised and
honored him, but if he admonishes him openly he has disgraced him.”
The Pardoning of Minor Faults and Mistakes
The minor faults of friends are either in his religion by committing a sin, or in your
due rights upon him in his neglect towards your friendship.
As to what he commits of sin against this religion and his persistence in it, it is
your duty to admonish him gently regarding his faults and to try to bring him to
control himself to return to righteousness and piety. If he still persists and you
cannot effect any change upon him, the opinion of the Companions of the
Prophet varied regarding whether to either continue in his affection or to boycott
him completely. Abu Dharr - may Allah be pleased with him - favored boycott and
said: “If your brother has turned around from his way, hate him as you loved
him.” And he saw that according to the principle that „Love should be in Allah and
Al Shafi‟i said: “Whoever admonishes his brother in private he has advised and
honored him, but if he admonishes him openly he has disgraced him.”
The Pardoning of Minor Faults and Mistakes
The minor faults of friends are either in his religion by committing a sin, or in your
due rights upon him in his neglect towards your friendship.
As to what he commits of sin against this religion and his persistence in it, it is
your duty to admonish him gently regarding his faults and to try to bring him to
control himself to return to righteousness and piety. If he still persists and you
cannot effect any change upon him, the opinion of the Companions of the
Prophet varied regarding whether to either continue in his affection or to boycott
him completely. Abu Dharr - may Allah be pleased with him - favored boycott and
said: “If your brother has turned around from his way, hate him as you loved
him.” And he saw that according to the principle that „Love should be in Allah and