The Ruling on Maintaining Ties with the Paternal Uncle and Maternal Uncle
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The questioner:
He asks: Are the paternal uncle, paternal aunt, maternal uncle, and maternal aunt among the relatives whose ties must be maintained? And how do we respond to those who say that it is not obligatory to maintain ties with them?
The Shaykh:
No, every relative from the mother’s side and the father’s side is of the kinship: the paternal aunt, paternal uncle, maternal uncle, and maternal aunt, all of them, and their children—the children of the paternal uncle, the children of the paternal aunt, and the children of the closest relatives in the closest kinship. But the closer the relative, the greater the right. The closest relatives are your mother and your father, your mother and your father, then the grandfathers and grandmothers, then the sons and daughters, then the brothers and their children. Then the paternal uncles, paternal aunts, maternal uncles, maternal aunts, and their children, the closest then the closest. Yes.
The questioner:
We say: How do we respond to the one who says he has no reward?
The Shaykh:
We say to him: What is the evidence that they are excluded from kinship? He is the one who must provide the evidence. They are included in the term "kinship." So bring the evidence that they are not among the relatives until he answers you. This is kinship; the term "kinship" includes them. They are included in the relatives, from the relatives, from the relatives. They are included in the texts. So if you exclude them, bring the evidence that they are excluded.
He asks: Are the paternal uncle, paternal aunt, maternal uncle, and maternal aunt among the relatives whose ties must be maintained? And how do we respond to those who say that it is not obligatory to maintain ties with them?
The Shaykh:
No, every relative from the mother’s side and the father’s side is of the kinship: the paternal aunt, paternal uncle, maternal uncle, and maternal aunt, all of them, and their children—the children of the paternal uncle, the children of the paternal aunt, and the children of the closest relatives in the closest kinship. But the closer the relative, the greater the right. The closest relatives are your mother and your father, your mother and your father, then the grandfathers and grandmothers, then the sons and daughters, then the brothers and their children. Then the paternal uncles, paternal aunts, maternal uncles, maternal aunts, and their children, the closest then the closest. Yes.
The questioner:
We say: How do we respond to the one who says he has no reward?
The Shaykh:
We say to him: What is the evidence that they are excluded from kinship? He is the one who must provide the evidence. They are included in the term "kinship." So bring the evidence that they are not among the relatives until he answers you. This is kinship; the term "kinship" includes them. They are included in the relatives, from the relatives, from the relatives. They are included in the texts. So if you exclude them, bring the evidence that they are excluded.
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شرح الدروس المهمة لعامة الأمة لابن باز [ مجموعة من المشايخ ]، فتاوى الشيخ عبد العزيز الراجحي — islamhouse.com (9:59)
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