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Maintaining ties with relatives
this subject thus: اِنَّ فِي الۡمَعَارِيضِ لَمَنۡدُوحَةً عَنِ الۡكَذِبِ - ‘Indeed, indirect speech is a safe way to avoid lies.’[1]
Dear Islamic brothers, Imam Aḥmad Razā Khān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه encouraged the questioner to use taūriyah according to a need sanctioned by sharia. Through this, a person can save himself from lying, but it cannot be performed in every situation, however. A valid excuse or need must be present for this to be implemented. Mufti Muḥammad Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states:
Taūriyah connotes statements that may appear ostensibly or evidently wrong, but with the speaker affixing another valid meaning to them (the words used possess a multitude of meaning, and the speaker has taken the correct connotation of them, although they appear outwardly wrong).
Doing this without a reason sanctioned by sharia is impermissible. By way of example, someone invites one for a meal, and we reply, ‘I have eaten.’ The evident meaning of this leads the other to believe we have eaten just now. If the speaker says ‘I have eaten’ but is speaking of a meal he has had the day before instead, this would be considered a lie. (Taūriyah is impermissible in this situation).[2]
From this question-and-answer interchange found in Fatāwa Razawiyyah, we learn a great deal. It is impermissible to cut ties with a family member at the behest of another without a valid permission sanctioned by sharia. When these kinds of situations take place, it may seem difficult to give everyone fair and equal treatment. Even reputable names have struggled when it comes to these sorts of issues.
BOOK TOPIC
- Excellence of sending salat upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Maintaining ties with relatives
- Pain caused by a relative
- Quranic commandment for maintaining ties with relatives
- Break the oath!
- Biggest sin
- Definition of صِلَهٔ رِحۡمي - good conduct with relatives
- Strengthen relationships with relatives
- Reality of maintaining ties
- Virtues of maintaining ties with relatives
- Ten virtues of maintaining a good relationship with relatives
- Evil suspicion is a cause of severing ties with relatives
- Excellence of having good opinions
- Become brothers of one another
- Living under the same roof, yet upset with one another
- Encouragement to act upon Pious Deed number 61
- Those who sever relations with you, join ties with hem!
- Keeping good ties with family has become a burden for some
- Punishment for severing ties
- Dawat-e-Islami’s Amity Department
- Rights of younger siblings upon their elder siblings
- Rights of elder siblings upon their younger siblings
- A reply full of wisdom
- Sunnah and etiquette of visiting a graveyard
