I have an uncle who does not ask after us, and we maintain ties with him. Is it permissible for us not to maintain ties with him and not ask after him?

Question:
This listener says: I have an uncle who does not ask after us and does not maintain ties with us, while we maintain ties with him, but to no avail. He is aware that he expelled my father from his house for a trivial reason. Or, I have an uncle who does not ask after us and does not neglect us. We maintain ties with him, but to no avail, knowing that he expelled my father from his house for a trivial reason. Is it permissible for us, Honorable Shaykh, not to maintain ties with him and not ask after him?

Answer:
It is obligatory for you to maintain ties with him because he is a relative, and kinship has an obligatory right in Islam. Severing it is a major sin among the major sins. So you must maintain ties with your uncle, even if he is severing ties with you. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and prayed. So if you maintain ties with him while he is severing ties with you, you have fulfilled the right you owe him, and he is accountable for what is obligatory upon him. Yes.