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What is the ruling of the Sharia concerning dealing with a mother who has committed adultery and given birth to children out of wedlock, and who mistreats her righteous son, his wife, and his grandchild, and slanders people's honor? Is it permissible for the son to expose these matters to official authorities or to his mother's children born out of wedlock?

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What you attributed to your mother of fornication, slandering people, backbiting them, and harming neighbors are heinous sins and grave immoralities. Even worse is that she dislikes the words of the Creator and permits usury, gossip, hypocrisy, and slander.

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