Relations are not Severed to Please People

Question :

I have two sisters who both married our uncle's (father's brother) sons. Relations became strained between our family and our uncle's family, to the extent that my brother refuses to visit our two sisters. Just to keep him happy, my mother also stopped visiting them. What is the ruling in this situation?

Answer:

Both of them are sinning, because severing ties of the A womb is unlawful, and one of the major sins, and here the womb refers to the near relations.

It is not allowed for one to sever ties with a relative just to please another relative, rather, they are required to nurture the ties of the womb, and to fulfill (the rights) that Allâh has made obligatory upon them. Then, if this pleases one of them, they are merely pleased with what Allah made obligatory, which is good for them. If one of them is not happy with that, there is in fact no reason for them to be upset. So nurturing the ties of the womb is an obligation, and severing such ties is not up to the whims of the people nor done out of love for one of them.

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