The Criterion for Kin Who Are Obligated to Be Maintained
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He asks: What is the rule for identifying the relatives who must be described?
Answer:
The rule is that anyone with whom you are related through your father or through your mother is among your relatives. Those related to you through your father, such as your paternal uncles, paternal aunts, paternal grandparents, and your brothers and their sons, are relatives. Similarly, those related to you through your mother, such as your maternal uncles, maternal aunts, maternal grandparents, and the sons of your maternal uncles and maternal aunts, are relatives through the mother.
May Allah reward you. He asks: What is the rule for identifying the relatives who must be described?
Answer:
The rule is that anyone with whom you are related through your father or through your mother is among your relatives. Those related to you through your father, such as your paternal uncles, paternal aunts, paternal grandparents, and your brothers and their sons, are relatives. Similarly, those related to you through your mother, such as your maternal uncles, maternal aunts, maternal grandparents, and the sons of your maternal uncles and maternal aunts, are relatives through the mother.
Source
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