1266 – Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “No one who severs (ties) shall enter Paradise,” meaning one who cuts off his kin. Agreed upon (1).

Points derived from the ḥadith

1. Allah, Exalted is He, says: “They sever what Allah has commanded to be joined and spread corruption in the land; it is they who are the losers.” ⦗2:27⦘ [al-Baqarah].
   He also says: “Would you, if you gained power, cause corruption in the land and sever your family ties? Such are the ones whom Allah has cursed, making them deaf and blinding their sight.” ⦗47:22-23⦘ [Muḥammad].
   Al-Bukhārī 5987 and Muslim 2554 record on the authority of Abū Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The womb (al-raḥim) stood up and said, ‘This is the station of one who seeks refuge with You from being cut off.’ Allah said, ‘Yes. Are you not pleased that I maintain anyone who maintains you and cut off anyone who cuts you off?’ She replied, ‘Indeed.’ He said, ‘That is granted to you.’”

2. The scholars have differed over which relatives must be kept connected and whose severance is prohibited, arriving at three views:
   First: that it is the group of kin between whom marriage is permanently unlawful—such that, were one of them male and the other female, marriage between them would be invalid. According to this view, the children of paternal uncles and aunts, and the children of maternal uncles and aunts, are not included.
   Those who hold this view argue from the prohibition of marrying a woman together with her paternal or maternal aunt, stating that the ban exists only to prevent estrangement; where no such prohibition applies, there is no raḥim whose severance is feared.