{"_id":"6a78f54afa23c569ba914ab6","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Can a parent be guilty of severing family ties with their child?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Does the prohibition against severing family ties apply to parents who cut off communication with their children? For example, if a parent stops speaking to their child for days or weeks because of a disagreement, a decision the child made, or because the child established reasonable boundaries, could the parent be sinful for doing so? What should the child do in such a situation?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"The prohibition on severing ties applies to everyone. That said, there are legitimate reasons to sever ties even with a close family member, such as when someone persists in wrongdoing or in beliefs or conduct explicitly contradicted by Islamic teachings despite your attempts to correct them, or to protect oneself from repeated harm.\\n\\nIn your situation, I cannot comment on whether your mother is sinful, because I do not know the full circumstances. Generally speaking, withholding communication as a pressure tactic, rather than as a response to real wrongdoing, comes closer to wrongful severing. Allah has commanded kindness to parents, not the abandonment of a child's legitimate boundaries or sound judgment to appease them.\\n\\nMay Allah grant reconciliation between you and your family, and ease whatever difficulty you are enduring.\\n\\nFor more information, please see: \\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/search/family%20ties\"},\"insert\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/search/family%20ties\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/search/severing%20ties\"},\"insert\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/search/severing%20ties\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668da0010b76658b4c232b9d","tag":"Relationships: Parent and Child","count":130}],"createdOn":"2026-08-09T21:46:50.453Z"}