Advice for one who severs family ties?
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The questioner : A questioner says: I have a relative with whom I have had a dispute for a long time, so I have not maintained ties with him, and he has not maintained ties with me.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is the ruling in Islam regarding us, and what do you advise me to do?
The Shaykh : The ruling in Islam regarding you two is that you are in great danger, for severing family ties is a cause of Allah’s curse, may Allah protect us from that. As Allah the Exalted said:[Muhammad 47:22] [Muhammad 47:22-23] It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1909Sahih (Darussalam) My advice to you and your brother, or your relative, is that you seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, that you fear Allah Mighty and Majestic, and that you maintain communication between you. If your relative does not maintain ties with you, it is obligatory for you to maintain ties with him, because Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 68. So if you only maintain ties with your relative when he maintains ties with you, you are merely reciprocating, because every person must reciprocate with one who has been good to him, whether he is close or distant. But the one who maintains ties is the one who maintains them when his relative severs them. So my advice to you both is to fear Allah Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is the ruling in Islam regarding us, and what do you advise me to do?
The Shaykh : The ruling in Islam regarding you two is that you are in great danger, for severing family ties is a cause of Allah’s curse, may Allah protect us from that. As Allah the Exalted said:
So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption
فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُواon earth and sever your [ties of] relationship? (23) Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.
فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰ أَبْصَارَهُمْThe one who severs ties will not enter Paradise.
لا يدخل الجنة قاطعMeaning the one who severs family ties.
يعني قاطع رحم،the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The one who maintains ties of kinship is not the one who reciprocates. The one who maintains ties of kinship is the one who, when his relatives cut him off, maintains ties of kinship."
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول ليس الواصل بالمكافئ، إنما الواصل الذي إذا قطعت رحمه وصلها
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[10 من 29] نصيحة لقاطع الرحم؟!! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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