Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

QUESTION: My husband’s mother has decided by her personal reasoning that his wife shall be banned from her house and from any other gathering from my husband’s side because of the family because she shall be there. Whats the ruling on this ? Should I let his family isolate me. My husband leaves me home alone and takes the kids for all events and even eid and iftar dinners.

27 Dec

ANSWER: What choice do you have if you’re not invited there? People who don’t want to see you, you are better off not wanting to see them either! Focus on your hobbies and readings and house chores and show them that you are happy with it. Your husband & your children must visit the family […]

QUESTION: Shaikh, severe ties of kinship is same like shirk or kufr means that we will never enter jannah?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of the family

16 Dec

ANSWER: No, it is neither shirk nor kufr but it’s a major sin that would put the one doing it in hell for few years until Allah wills the he gets out.

QUESTION: My elder brother nor my younger sister, talks to me, what should i do i also dont try to talk to them but i feel like we should talk, we all talk yo the youngest sister hut not to each other, even when we have work to do we communicate to our young sister. Parents trying there best but no progression happening

Character and Morals, Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of Marriage

14 Dec

ANSWER: You are all in great danger as the Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa sallam warned that those who sever ties of kinship will not be admitted to paradise. Failing to communicate with one another and having hearts filled with arrogance and resentment surely fits the description of “severing ties of kinship” like a glove.

QUESTION: Do I still need to be good to my sibling if they have robbed me and my other siblings of their inheritance

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of the family, Inheritance

22 Nov

ANSWER: Allah obliged us to maintain ties of kinship for His sake while acknowledging that their treachery and theft will not go without punishment on the day of judgment Therefore, do your duty and anticipate Allah’s vengeance

QUESTION: A person loves his blood relatives but because he is introvert he only talks with them 2 or 3 times in a year. Is this considered as breaking ties of kinship?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

17 Jan

ANSWER: If they are fine with it, then hopefully this is fine. However, this is not normal and he is losing a great deal of good deeds if he is not sinful

My adult blood brother is having an inappropriate relationship with a girl. May I, without breaking ties, turn away from him ( not speak with him unless necessary ) in protest after I advise him? He is not a Muslim but believes in Allah.

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of the family, Knowledge & Propagation

25 Aug

ANSWER: If this is going to open his eyes and make him stop, this is fine. However, if this is not going to change anything in his behavior, this is not good for his dawah and would only result in him getting further from Islam. Try to be diplomatic and wise in the way you […]

Does Islam differentiate between paternal and maternal relatives (except for guardianship and inheritance)? Like are paternal relatives more deserving of respect and kinship?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

24 Jul

ANSWER: They have more rights and duties but both sides deserve same respect. The paternal relatives have an edge when it comes to inheritance and guardianship in marriages etc.

How to deal with nosy relatives..who ask personal questions all the time and they want to interfere in your life… because i gets really irritating when they try to get personal.

Character and Morals, Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners

18 Jul

ANSWER: Dodge the questions or ask them personal questions that would make them feel uneasy.

Sheikh,my cousin tries to take the spotlight in many situation. it’s like we are in a group chatting she will attack me and insult me by pointing out my flaws in front of everyone. Also in front of my husband. She tries to put me down.but she do that all in a very playful way. But my husband doesn’t get the hint that she is kinda mischievous. So i should aware him Or is it as equal to backbiting?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram

09 Jun

ANSWER: You have the right to defend yourself in front of him however, your cousin has no right to mix with your husband in the first place as she is non-mahram to him! It seems that the whole family is not abiding by sharia and you are freely mixing with cousins and in laws and […]

Sheikh i’ve been adopted by my aunt and she brought me up kindly,but now she is saying things which hurt me and not good for my mental health as I’m 22 now,i even treat her as i treat my real mother,are her rights equal to my real mother?and should i talk to her to the point so i can avoid her hurting conversation?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of Marriage

08 Jun

ANSWER: She does not have the same rights as your own mother but you should respect her after all she had done for you. You can move out if you want and live with your parents or with your real siblings if you want.

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