Should she cut off her ties with her adopted brother who has left Islam (is an apostate)?
Question: 6102
My friends brother is
adopted. He was not breastfed by her mother. Her mother got him when he
was 3 months old from an adoption agency. There are no blood ties between
them. She is muslim, he is muslim but he reverts back to the kuffar way of
life. If he backbites her and he tells lies about her to other people, Can
she cut ties off with him since he is adopted and there is no blood
between them from the mother or father or anybody else? DOEs she still
offer him salaams even though he is a revert
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
This person has no ties to this family, whether through blood
or through breastfeeding (radaa’ah). On this basis, if he is a mature and responsible
adult, it is not permissible for him to mix with them and look at that which
is forbidden. This is the case if he is still Muslim, let alone if he has left
Islam.
So it is not permissible for her to shake hands
with him, or to be alone with him, or to uncover in front of him, because he
is not a mahram. (See also question # 5538).
She should not greet him with salaam nor return his greeting so long as he is
a murtadd (apostate). We ask Allaah to keep us all safe and sound.
Source:
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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