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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on severing family ties with an ignorant maternal uncle

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The questioner:
Two women, may Allah reward you, are complaining about a family tie with their maternal uncle. They say: When we go to him, he does not respond to us, and he does not even say to us, "Cover up." I am not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to you. How should we deal with this maternal uncle? He has status among

The Shaykh:
their brother. This is an ignorant man, or an ignorant man. They should advise him and guide him to good, may Allah reward him with good, and they should be kind to him if he is poor, and teach him the religion. This

The questioner:
O dear one, and he came.

The Shaykh:
This is an ignorant man, or an ignorant man who knows evil. Otherwise, if he is one who knows, he should learn it from the good people among the people of knowledge who understand, so that they teach him. This is a poor ignorant man. Yes.

The questioner:
And he prays, meaning.

The Shaykh:
The compound ignorant one. Yes.

The questioner:
Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh:
If you maintain the tie, may Allah reward them with good. Yes.

The questioner:
He does not respond to me.

The Shaykh:
If you maintain the tie, may Allah reward him with good. It is not the arrogant one who is stubborn, but the one who, if you sever his tie, he maintains it. Yes.
Source التعليق على بعض أحاديث مسند أحمد، تابع شرح مسند عمر بن الخطاب، من أول حديث: كان عبد الله بن عمر رضي الله عنه يقول إذا لم يكن للرجل إلا ثوب واحد — islamhouse.com (17:40)

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