Respect his decision?

Assalaa mu alaikum wa rahmatullah
Please advise regarding the following:
4 siblings- 2 brothers and 2 sisters:
Eldest brother lives in another province and only after the loss of their mother started maintaining regular contact with the rest of the family.
He regularly calls his father/ brother and 1 sister but maintains his distance from the younger sister.
This hurts her very badly- she has tried to maintain ties- purely for the sake of Allah- but he does not acknowledge her messages and does not return her calls.
She does not want to ask him the reason for his distance as she finds him intimidating.
She dreamt just before fajr that he asked her not to phone him early in the morning as he wants to rests.
What should she do? Should she respect his decision and maintain this distance and merely continue to make dua for him(he is not a practicing Muslim) knowing that Allah is aware of all that transpires and that she will not be guilty of breaking family ties?

 

 

 

Answer

Assalaamu alaykum

Dreams are  not proof in Shariah.

The sister's duty is to attempt to patch up the relationship, no matter what the past may have been. She should make a genuine and  heartfelt attempt, and then leave the matter in the brother's hand. More than that she is not required to do.

And Allah Ta'ala knows best Was salaam Emraan Vawda