The fate of one who severs family ties and persists in the severance
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Question:
A man says that more than thirty years have passed, and he has been estranged from his aunt and his father’s daughter over a matter of wealth, and he has continued in this state until he is about eighty years old, and he has not listened to any advice. What is his fate if he dies in this state?
Answer:
His state is that he is one who severs family ties, and the severe warning applies to him. The severe warning applies to him for severing family ties. So he must hasten to repent. He must make peace with his relative and ask her for forgiveness.
The world is fleeting. One severs family ties for the sake of worldly greed, but provision is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Do not cause this severance for the sake of the world. If his statement is proven true, perhaps he is the one who is in the wrong. But if his statement is proven true and she wronged him in some of his wealth, then he must be forgiving and pardon her. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:[Fussilat 41:34]. [Ash-Shuraa 42:40] This is with people in general, so how much more so with a relative? So you must be tolerant with your relative and make peace with her, and rectify the matter before you die while you are severing your kinship. Yes.
A man says that more than thirty years have passed, and he has been estranged from his aunt and his father’s daughter over a matter of wealth, and he has continued in this state until he is about eighty years old, and he has not listened to any advice. What is his fate if he dies in this state?
Answer:
His state is that he is one who severs family ties, and the severe warning applies to him. The severe warning applies to him for severing family ties. So he must hasten to repent. He must make peace with his relative and ask her for forgiveness.
The world is fleeting. One severs family ties for the sake of worldly greed, but provision is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Do not cause this severance for the sake of the world. If his statement is proven true, perhaps he is the one who is in the wrong. But if his statement is proven true and she wronged him in some of his wealth, then he must be forgiving and pardon her. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better
وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُbut whoever pardons and makes reconciliation - his reward is [due] from Allah. Indeed, He does not like wrongdoers.
فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-03-التوبة آداب وأحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:24)
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