Question:
I have a half uncle who destroyed my family by bullying my mom, brainwashing my dad and turned him against us. Now, he is waiting for my dad to die to take our house and sell my sisters for forced marriage. I want to banish him and order him to stay away.
Answer:
Avoid living too close with your half uncle. Living too close is what causes people to cut the ties.
It was narrated that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) wrote to his governors saying: “Tell relatives to visit one another and not to live next to one another.”
This is what Al-Ghazali said commenting on this: “He said that because living next to one another may lead to conflicts and may lead to alienation and severing of ties.”
Shaykh Senad Agic
