Husband does not allow my daughter to talk to her father
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Dear brohterI need an advice. I was married to a man for 6 years and have a daughter from him. Her custody is with me since my divorce in 2008. I remarried in 2010 but my ex husband always disturbed me for legal issues and never paid financial support for my daughter and my mahr. My current husband asked me to disconnect from him completely and i obeyed. but now i have come to know about the following information:“Would you then, if you were given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship? Such are they whom Allaah has cursed, so that He has made them deaf and blinded their sight” [Muhammad 47:22, 23] And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “No one who severs ties of kinship will enter Paradise.” Narrated by Muslim (4637). My ex husband also has sent messages recently thorugh my brother that he wants to talk to her daughter. i dont want to deprive him from his right as well as my daughter's. She already is suffering because of ill attitude of my husband towards me and I am emotionally unavailable for her.I spoke to my hsuband about it as i want to save my aakhira by not oppressing my daughtger and her father but he did not agree and said that i either have to send my daughter to her father or to take divorce to fulfill this wish. While my ex is not capable and willing to take her from me and neither me (i am working and my husband does not pay for me and for my daughter). He always taunts me for my divorce and his this response has put me in a fix as i want to save my aakhira by being an obedient wife as well as i do not want to oppress my ex husband anymore for his right to see his daughter. Kindly advice me what to do to save my marriage and my aakhira too. Your sister
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