What is the ruling on one who severs his family ties because they have wronged him?
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Question:
The questioner says: My wife’s brother treated me badly, with great ill-treatment, and humiliated me. So I prevented my children and my wife from visiting him. Then I allowed my wife and children to visit him, but I cut him off as for myself. Am I one who severs his family ties?
Answer:
Yes, you must maintain your family ties. If he has wronged you, pardon him and forgive him,[Ash-Shuraa 42:40]. So maintain your family ties, and if he has wronged you, you will be rewarded for this, and do not cut him off.
The questioner says: My wife’s brother treated me badly, with great ill-treatment, and humiliated me. So I prevented my children and my wife from visiting him. Then I allowed my wife and children to visit him, but I cut him off as for myself. Am I one who severs his family ties?
Answer:
Yes, you must maintain your family ties. If he has wronged you, pardon him and forgive him,
but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation - his reward is [due] from Allah
فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من يقطع رحمه لإساءتهم إليه؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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