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What is the ruling on severing family ties due to a mental illness?

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Question:
A questioner says: What about a person who suffers from a severe mental illness that prevents him from maintaining family ties, because visiting them worsens his condition? He asks: Is he excused in this, and is it not considered severing family ties?

Answer:
No, it is not severing family ties. He is excused, he is excused, and it is not considered severing family ties. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم قاطع الرحم بسبب مرض نفسي؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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