The ruling on severing ties with relatives if maintaining them causes harm to one's reputation
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Question:
May Allah bless you. The questioner also says in his second question: If maintaining family ties brings harm to a person's reputation, or if they talk about obscene matters and the reputations of people, and if non-mahram women mix with men frequently, is there a sin on me if I sever these ties? And what is the ruling on visiting them in the presence of these causes? Guide us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
There is no doubt that maintaining family ties and kinship is a matter required by the Shari'ah. A person is rewarded for it if he does it, and punished for it if he leaves it, for severing family ties is forbidden, and there is a severe warning against it. However, if it is opposed by something of what the questioner mentioned, because these relatives openly commit sins and violations of the Shari'ah, and they do not accept advice, and boycotting them serves the interest of deterring them so that perhaps they may repent, then he should boycott them. But if that does not benefit them, then he must visit them, continue advising them, and rebuke them, so that perhaps Allah may guide them. Otherwise, he has fulfilled their right and cleared his conscience by advising them and rebuking them.
May Allah bless you. The questioner also says in his second question: If maintaining family ties brings harm to a person's reputation, or if they talk about obscene matters and the reputations of people, and if non-mahram women mix with men frequently, is there a sin on me if I sever these ties? And what is the ruling on visiting them in the presence of these causes? Guide us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
There is no doubt that maintaining family ties and kinship is a matter required by the Shari'ah. A person is rewarded for it if he does it, and punished for it if he leaves it, for severing family ties is forbidden, and there is a severe warning against it. However, if it is opposed by something of what the questioner mentioned, because these relatives openly commit sins and violations of the Shari'ah, and they do not accept advice, and boycotting them serves the interest of deterring them so that perhaps they may repent, then he should boycott them. But if that does not benefit them, then he must visit them, continue advising them, and rebuke them, so that perhaps Allah may guide them. Otherwise, he has fulfilled their right and cleared his conscience by advising them and rebuking them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم مقاطعة الأقارب إذا ترتب في صلتهم ضرر لسمعته – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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