What is the ruling on maintaining family ties with those who belong to misguided sects, when they do not respond to advice?
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Question:
My question is about maintaining family ties, as I have relatives who are Rafidah (Twelver Shi'ah). When I visit them, I find pictures hanging in their homes which they claim are of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous. I rebuked them for this, but they do not listen to my words and mock me. So, should I maintain ties with them?
Answer:
Maintaining family ties is a right of the created being; you maintain ties with them while calling them to Allah and advising them, but you do not love them in your heart. However, the right of maintaining ties is obligatory, even for polytheist parents. Allah the Exalted says:[Luqman 31:15]. That is, you fulfill the rights of kinship toward them while hating them in your heart and being hostile to them and to Allah and His Messenger. Yes.
My question is about maintaining family ties, as I have relatives who are Rafidah (Twelver Shi'ah). When I visit them, I find pictures hanging in their homes which they claim are of the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous. I rebuked them for this, but they do not listen to my words and mock me. So, should I maintain ties with them?
Answer:
Maintaining family ties is a right of the created being; you maintain ties with them while calling them to Allah and advising them, but you do not love them in your heart. However, the right of maintaining ties is obligatory, even for polytheist parents. Allah the Exalted says:
But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم صلة الأرحام الذين ينتسبون للفرق الضالة، مع عدم استجابتهم للنصائح؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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