Given the importance of maintaining family ties, can one refuse to attend family functions due to the fact that those relatives declare the Shi'a as Kafir?
Given the importance of maintaining family ties, can one refuse to attend family functions due to the fact that those relatives declare the Shi'a as Kafir?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 6 years ago
We should not cut ties with any relative even if they are bad to us and call us Kafir.
Our behavior should prove to them and other relatives our real identity and whether we are Kafirs or not.
Ahlul Bayt (AS) taught us to mix and treat our relatives and tribes with best manners. People wll then know the real teachings of Ahlul Bayt by seeing the good practice of the Shia.
Wassalam.