Boycuting relatives and severing family ties
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says that a disagreement arose between my mother and my maternal aunt, that is, my mother's sister, and it extended to the daughters. So my mother has boycotted my maternal aunt for more than a year. Honorable Shaykh, do they have to repent? And how should the mother and this sister protect themselves?
Answer:
Boycotting is not permissible between Muslims, so how much less between relatives? This is severing family ties, and it is not permissible. So each of them should fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and they should reconcile with one another. There is no doubt that the right of the parent is great. The child, whether male or female, must please his or her parent and seek his or her pleasure, for that is obligatory upon him or her, and it is part of the obligatory dutifulness. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says that a disagreement arose between my mother and my maternal aunt, that is, my mother's sister, and it extended to the daughters. So my mother has boycotted my maternal aunt for more than a year. Honorable Shaykh, do they have to repent? And how should the mother and this sister protect themselves?
Answer:
Boycotting is not permissible between Muslims, so how much less between relatives? This is severing family ties, and it is not permissible. So each of them should fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and they should reconcile with one another. There is no doubt that the right of the parent is great. The child, whether male or female, must please his or her parent and seek his or her pleasure, for that is obligatory upon him or her, and it is part of the obligatory dutifulness. Yes.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (32:42)
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