Reconciliation and dispelling hostility and hatred among brothers
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Questions four, six, and seven from Fatwa number ( 18448 )
Q 4: Due to differences between a brother and his brother, one of them said to the other: "I am disavowed of you, and you are disavowed of me. I am not your brother, and you are not my brother." What is the ruling on this statement? Knowing that the cause of it is worldly differences
and not religious ones.
A : It is not befitting for differences between brothers to reach this level of disavowal and separation, and it is obligatory to strive for reconciliation and dispelling hostility and hatred. As for what came from the one mentioned, it is reprehensible, and he must repent to Allah for it; because of the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He):[An-Nur 24:31]
Q 6, 7: A man complains that his father's wife speaks ill of his wife with her tongue. So, if he prevents her from entering his house, is he undutiful to his father by doing so or not? He has refrained from visiting his father because of the harm and threats from his brothers. Is that permissible for him? Knowing that the father is unable to repel them from him, but rather said to him: "If they insult you, insult them, and if they hit you, hit them." What is the ruling on the position of this father?
A 6, 7: We advise the ones mentioned to strive to reunite the family, repair relations, and be patient with the harm they are subjected to. If they are unable to do so, each of them should take what he sees as a means to repel the harm from himself, while striving to maintain the tie with his father and not severing it, and each of them should follow the path of wisdom and self-control in this matter.
And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q 4: Due to differences between a brother and his brother, one of them said to the other: "I am disavowed of you, and you are disavowed of me. I am not your brother, and you are not my brother." What is the ruling on this statement? Knowing that the cause of it is worldly differences
and not religious ones.
A : It is not befitting for differences between brothers to reach this level of disavowal and separation, and it is obligatory to strive for reconciliation and dispelling hostility and hatred. As for what came from the one mentioned, it is reprehensible, and he must repent to Allah for it; because of the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He):
And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَQ 6, 7: A man complains that his father's wife speaks ill of his wife with her tongue. So, if he prevents her from entering his house, is he undutiful to his father by doing so or not? He has refrained from visiting his father because of the harm and threats from his brothers. Is that permissible for him? Knowing that the father is unable to repel them from him, but rather said to him: "If they insult you, insult them, and if they hit you, hit them." What is the ruling on the position of this father?
A 6, 7: We advise the ones mentioned to strive to reunite the family, repair relations, and be patient with the harm they are subjected to. If they are unable to do so, each of them should take what he sees as a means to repel the harm from himself, while striving to maintain the tie with his father and not severing it, and each of them should follow the path of wisdom and self-control in this matter.
And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Source
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