What is the legitimate, Sharia-compliant way to deal with a sum of money that my brother has not repaid to my mother for more than 10 years, given my fear of instigating familial discord if I were to ask him about it?
You are not required to ask your brother about the repayment of his debt to your mother unless your mother requests it. The cure for obsessive thoughts (waswas) is to abandon them and not to dwell on them.
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