The Ruling on Severing Ties with a Stepmother
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Question:
A questioner says: Shaykh, I do not greet my stepmother, and I have cut off ties with her and do not return her greeting, because I am afraid of her, and she is an enemy of my mother.
Answer:
As long as she is your father’s wife, being kind to your father also includes having good character toward her, maintaining ties with her because she is your father’s wife, and she may be the mother of his children, so there is no reason for you to refrain from doing so. As for the fact that there is something between her and your mother, we do not know what the reason is; perhaps your mother is the one who is in the wrong, so you should reconcile between them, reconcile between your mother and your father’s wife. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
A questioner says: Shaykh, I do not greet my stepmother, and I have cut off ties with her and do not return her greeting, because I am afraid of her, and she is an enemy of my mother.
Answer:
As long as she is your father’s wife, being kind to your father also includes having good character toward her, maintaining ties with her because she is your father’s wife, and she may be the mother of his children, so there is no reason for you to refrain from doing so. As for the fact that there is something between her and your mother, we do not know what the reason is; perhaps your mother is the one who is in the wrong, so you should reconcile between them, reconcile between your mother and your father’s wife. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/020 — archive.org (3:01)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.