The Reward in Wedding Feasts, Maintaining Family Ties, and Giving Charity to Relatives

The questioner:
I say that regarding the feasts that are held, where many people are gathered and fed,

The Shaykh:
including hungry people who are actually wealthy, is the host rewarded? It depends on his intention. If he held it in a lawful manner, such as a wedding feast, or held it for the poor, or another lawful feast, there is no harm. And it depends on his intention; if he intended to establish what the Shari'ah prescribes, he is rewarded, whether the poor ate it or the wealthy ate it.

Another questioner:
If he intended by it to maintain family ties.

The Shaykh:
Or to maintain family ties, there is no harm.

Another questioner:
Relatives are prioritized.

The Shaykh:
Then, if he does it out of arrogance and boasting, its status is different.

Another questioner:
Prioritizing charity for those in need.

The Shaykh:
In the sense of maintaining family ties, in the sense of maintaining family ties.

Another questioner:
If he is not...

The Shaykh:
And the wealthy, in the context of maintaining family ties, if he holds it for them while they are wealthy, it is in the context of maintaining family ties.

Another questioner:
Prioritizing those in need.

The Shaykh:
Kinship has its own status, and charity has its own status. This has its status, and that has its status. He gives charity to the poor from his wealth, and he maintains kinship from his wealth. Maintaining kinship may be done without money; it may be through kind words, correspondence, or visiting. The wealthy may not need anything from him, but he visits them, greets them, writes to them, and calls them on the telephone. That is, he is rewarded for this if he intends good.

Another questioner:
Is charity given to relatives or not?

The Shaykh:
For a relative, there is charity and kinship maintenance. For a poor person, there is charity for poverty. If he is a relative and poor, he has two rewards: the reward for kinship maintenance and the reward for poverty.