I have cut off communication with my brother for several years to avoid problems, and he is older than me as well. What is the ruling? Is my action correct?

The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. This questioner sent a question without mentioning his name in his message: "I have cut off communication with my brother for several years to avoid problems, and he is older than me as well. What is the ruling? Is my action correct?"

The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a person to cut off a relative, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): meaning: one who severs the tie of kinship.
It is obligatory for the believer to maintain the ties of kinship even if they cut him off, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): , and it is not permissible for him to respond to the severance of his kinship by them with his own severance of them; rather, he should maintain the tie with them and maintain it with them, , and if he maintains the tie with them in this state, Allah will support him against them.