The relatives whose maintenance of ties is obligatory
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner: Your Eminence! Are the relatives whose maintenance of ties is obligatory only the paternal uncles and maternal uncles?
The Shaykh: No, the relatives whose maintenance of ties is obligatory are those with whom you share a common ancestor in the fourth degree. These are the relatives. Maintaining ties with relatives on the mother’s side is also obligatory, just as maintaining ties with the mother is obligatory. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) included maintaining ties with her relatives as part of being dutiful to the mother.
The Shaykh: No, the relatives whose maintenance of ties is obligatory are those with whom you share a common ancestor in the fourth degree. These are the relatives. Maintaining ties with relatives on the mother’s side is also obligatory, just as maintaining ties with the mother is obligatory. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) included maintaining ties with her relatives as part of being dutiful to the mother.