The Ruling on Obeying One's Mother in Severing Family Ties
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Question:
A questioner from Egypt says: Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you, your life, and your knowledge. My mother has severe disagreements and problems with her relatives, and I try not to be a party to these problems. However, my mother gets very angry if I merely respond to calls from some of the relatives, and I answer their calls so as not to sever the family ties. What should I do regarding my mother's severe cursing of me? Is it permissible for me to completely refrain from dealing with them?
Answer:
It is not permissible for you to obey her in disobedience. This is the disobedience of severing family ties, a disobedience to[Muhammad 47:22-23]. So do not obey your mother in severing the family ties. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
A questioner from Egypt says: Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you, your life, and your knowledge. My mother has severe disagreements and problems with her relatives, and I try not to be a party to these problems. However, my mother gets very angry if I merely respond to calls from some of the relatives, and I answer their calls so as not to sever the family ties. What should I do regarding my mother's severe cursing of me? Is it permissible for me to completely refrain from dealing with them?
Answer:
It is not permissible for you to obey her in disobedience. This is the disobedience of severing family ties, a disobedience to
(22) So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship? (23) Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.
فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰ أَبْصَارَهُمْThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7497 — youtube.com (6:12)
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