What is the ruling on some sisters inciting their sister against their mother?
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The questioner : Hello, yes, peace be upon you. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, this is a sister asking. She says she has five sisters and she is the sixth, and they have a mother who is advanced in age. Truthfully, this questioner mentions a strange question, and she says that her sisters are inciting their mother against her with lies. She says, "My mother drives me away and is not pleased to accept a gift from me." What is the ruling on the actions of these sisters? And what is your guidance? May Allah reward you with the best reward for us and for the Muslims.
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the sisters who are inciting their mother against her, they have done wrong in two ways. The first is that this is severing the family tie and creating division among relatives, and whoever severs a family tie, Allah severs him.
The presenter : Thank you.
The Shaykh : Second, this is talebearing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 16:69 meaning the talebearer. He also said: "No one who severs ties of kinship will enter Paradise," meaning one who severs family ties. So these women have exposed themselves to the warning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) issued. It is obligatory for them to repent to Allah and to repair what they have broken between the mother and her daughter. As for the mother, I advise her not to accept words of talebearing from these daughters, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Qalam 68:10-13]
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, O...
The Shaykh : I also advise the sister whose mother is being incited against her to continue maintaining the family tie with her mother, and to be patient and seek reward from Allah the Mighty and Majestic.
The presenter : Thank you.
The Shaykh : And if she fears Allah and fulfills what is obligatory in terms of maintaining family ties, then Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said that the outcome will be in her favor regarding her sisters. Allah the Exalted said:[Hud 11:49]
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the sisters who are inciting their mother against her, they have done wrong in two ways. The first is that this is severing the family tie and creating division among relatives, and whoever severs a family tie, Allah severs him.
The presenter : Thank you.
The Shaykh : Second, this is talebearing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
(ﷺ) said: “A backbiter will not enter Paradise.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يدخل الجنة قتات(10) And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer (11) [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip - (12) A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful, (13) Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍThe presenter : May Allah reward you with good, O...
The Shaykh : I also advise the sister whose mother is being incited against her to continue maintaining the family tie with her mother, and to be patient and seek reward from Allah the Mighty and Majestic.
The presenter : Thank you.
The Shaykh : And if she fears Allah and fulfills what is obligatory in terms of maintaining family ties, then Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said that the outcome will be in her favor regarding her sisters. Allah the Exalted said:
That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muhammad]. You knew it not, neither you nor your people, before this. So be patient; indeed, the [best] outcome is for the righteous.
تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَا إِلَيْكَ مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَا أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَٰذَا فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2601- ما حكم تحريض بعض الاخوات على اختهن عند الأم/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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