Visiting a mother who used to wrong her son
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My mother used to wrong me, so I left her for a certain period. Do I have to visit her now? I do not know if she is still in her previous state or if she has changed.
Answer:
You must visit her and be dutiful to her, and ask her for forgiveness, because she has a right over you after the right of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). [He recites:] "And be kind to your parents and to those near of kin." So it is obligatory for you to make peace with her, ask her for forgiveness, and be dutiful to her. Even if she hits you, perhaps you are the one who is at fault, and she hits you and disciplines you for your own good. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My mother used to wrong me, so I left her for a certain period. Do I have to visit her now? I do not know if she is still in her previous state or if she has changed.
Answer:
You must visit her and be dutiful to her, and ask her for forgiveness, because she has a right over you after the right of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). [He recites:] "And be kind to your parents and to those near of kin." So it is obligatory for you to make peace with her, ask her for forgiveness, and be dutiful to her. Even if she hits you, perhaps you are the one who is at fault, and she hits you and disciplines you for your own good. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل قال - تعالى - { فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم } — islamhouse.com (1:12:36)
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