Is shunning a brother who lives in sin, having abandoned his wife and daughter for six years, considered severing ties of kinship, and does it entail sin?
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If your brother engaged in illicit relations and was absent from his family without a valid excuse, he committed an evil act and wronged them.
His marriage is permissible, provided the wife is a chaste woman of the Book and he deals justly between his wives. Documenting the marriage in courts is not a prerequisite.
Your abandonment of your brother, if for a legitimate Shar'i reason, is not considered a severance of ties. The matter revolves around the Shar'i interest.
A Muslim is advised to reside in Muslim countries.
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