How can one deal with a family in which sins such as backbiting, abandoning prayer, and drinking alcohol are prevalent, and when attempting to offer advice, this is met with mockery and accusations of backwardness, especially with opposition from the mother to any intervention, particularly after the father's death?

He praises the questioner for his zeal and eagerness in enjoining good, and urges him to continue advising his family with gentleness, patience, and prayer for them. He may resort to boycotting (hajar) if necessary. The mother should be a helper to him in this, and he is not obligated to obey her in matters that contradict reform. It is mentioned that later Hanafi scholars issued fatwas allowing the guardianship of the weak (wilayat al-dhamm) for a brother and others to prevent evil and maintain kinship ties. If he is being harmed, he is permitted to move away from them while maintaining ties and trying to reform them.