Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

As we are not allowed to cut ties with relatives but what to do of those relatives who create fights and rift amongst each other? The more we keep in touch the more problems create.

25 Mar

ANSWER: Reduce the time spent with them and minimize it but do not sever kinship.

I’ve been Muslim for 5 years and struggled with my family. They’re Christian so seeing them with falling in sins is impossible. From girls kissing me to alcohol being served at my table to struggling to pray I’ve had it all. If I cut my family or just do the sins I’m a bad Muslim but when i try to avoid the sins I fail or get in fights. What to do? I’m doomed matter wh

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

30 Jan

ANSWER: It is not permissible to be in the presence of alcohol or put yourself in situations where you know free mixing would occur. Allah mandates upon you to uphold ties of kinship with your family and the mahrams in your family. You must advise them with good manners, wisdom, and diplomacy and call them […]

If we have brother and sisters who we KNOW they dont pray OUT OF LAZINESS. Is it fard upon us to boycott them? Or can we still hang out with them and talk. Sadly MANY peoplr around us from freinds and family dont pray. They would never drink alcohol or zina etc because its haraam but everyone seems sooooo leniet when it comes to prayer.

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of Marriage

27 Jan

ANSWER: Don’t cut them off and keep on praying in front of them and inviting them to join and giving them gentle reminders every now and then.

I don’t spend much time with my family (other than my parents and siblings) I’d like to know if I have to call my grandma,uncles,aunties every now and then or is it okay if I don’t call them at all but when I see them somewhere I talk to them and say سلم. Is that considered as breaking ties? What if I don’t see them for years/months but I don’t hate them

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

24 Jan

ANSWER: You must maintain ties by meeting them every now and then if they live near by or give them calls if they live far away but you cannot stop talking with them for this long.

Do we have to maintain ties with every single relative or just most of them?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

15 Jan

ANSWER: You must maintain ties with all the relatives that are mahram to you and those of the same gender who are related to you from your father and mother’s side.

Question is from someone very close to me. “For my own fault there is a problem among relatives in a family.Now its killing me inside.how can I recover my fault?? I cant ask forgiveness from them by meeting with them.Because it may cause more problems.how can I get forgiveness from Allah subhanuwatala. pls pls pls sheikh let me know.”

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

27 Dec

ANSWER: Make a lot of duaa, give charity on their behalf, send them gifts, try to be nice with them, and make a lot of istighfar.

We have sold a machine to my cousin ……..$ and it has been …..yrs now he is not willing to pay, when we ask for the cash he don’t respond anything than I don’t have money n ur Mashine is already spoiled. We beg for our Haq but he don’t care can we cut ties with him and remain with the relationship of Salaam Salaam only? Bcoz I can’t even stand talking to him and even asking for that cash anymore.

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

19 Dec

ANSWER: Your cousin is a non-mahram to you and you are not obliged to keep ties with him due to the fact that he is a non-mahram to you. Your father and brothers, however, must uphold ties of kinship with him regardless of this while anticipating their reward with Allah alone. They should also take […]

Is it enough to just say assalamu alaikum if you have a brother and your relationship is not that good?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Fiqh of the family

18 Dec

ANSWER: You should also try and amend things between the two of you as he’s your brother, your own blood.

Is it permissible to casually visit nonmuslim family who someone in the vicinity is drinking alcohol? Should she still visit to maintain ties of kinship/dawa since technically she’s not sitting at table eating with them..or is it still forbidden in such case?

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives, Halal/Haram Matters

26 Nov

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Visit them another time or contact them through phone.

He talked with his grandmother , uncle secretly , due to his mother prohibition. Mother now got the news that he used to give them call on a 2 weeks basis . Now mother has cursed him and he tried his best to tell his mother let forgive them bt she doesn’t listen. Now the son is worried as mother cursed him in a big way .

Dealings and Attitudes with Relatives

25 Nov

ANSWER: He must not worry about the curses as they don’t mean anything as what he was doing was something that Allah ordained on us. He must not listen to his mother when she orders him not to contact his grandfather and uncles. He must keep maintaining ties of kinship with them but he must […]

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