Is a father sinful if he prevents his ex-wife from communicating with their children after she abandoned them and refused their return to her, with the intention of allowing her to see them later?
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Neither parent is permitted to prevent the other from visiting their children and checking on their well-being, nor from speaking with them. This is because such an act encourages disobedience and severs kinship ties.
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