Cutting off ties with one's paternal aunt out of fear of her sorcery and harm
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a paternal aunt whom I do not maintain ties with, out of fear that she will cast a spell on me or administer narcotics or intoxicants to me. He asks: Is there a sin on me for not maintaining these ties?
Answer:
If this is true and she is indeed of the description you mentioned, then you are excused in cutting off ties with her in order to protect your religion. However, if you are merely suspecting without certainty, then maintain ties with her and be dutiful to her; because the right of kinship is not dropped unless you know that she is of the description that excludes her from the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a paternal aunt whom I do not maintain ties with, out of fear that she will cast a spell on me or administer narcotics or intoxicants to me. He asks: Is there a sin on me for not maintaining these ties?
Answer:
If this is true and she is indeed of the description you mentioned, then you are excused in cutting off ties with her in order to protect your religion. However, if you are merely suspecting without certainty, then maintain ties with her and be dutiful to her; because the right of kinship is not dropped unless you know that she is of the description that excludes her from the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأول كيده ومكره : أنه كاد الأبوين بالأيمان الكاذبة — islamhouse.com (1:10:39)
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