The Time Period in Which Maintaining Family Ties Is Obligatory
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Question:
What is the time period during which maintaining family ties must occur? That is, fathers with their daughters and their sisters' daughters, and women with their paternal and maternal aunts. Is it three days every month? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good. And does a Muslim commit a sin if he does not visit his mother's and father's paternal and maternal aunts?
Answer:
As far as we know, there is no specific time period for maintaining family ties. Rather, it is obligatory to maintain ties with relatives continuously until they die. It is obligatory for the believing man and the believing woman to maintain family ties absolutely. It is not limited to one day, two days, three days, or four days in the month or in the year. No; it is obligatory to maintain family ties continuously, and severing ties is forbidden continuously. However, maintaining family ties is done according to custom: by visiting, by writing, by telephone, by sending relatives or friends to convey greetings, by consoling the poor, by giving an appropriate gift. All of this is part of maintaining ties. Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The presenter : In her final question, she asks Your Eminence: Does a Muslim commit a sin if he does not visit his mother's and father's paternal and maternal aunts?
The Shaykh : He does not commit a sin in that if the connection exists through writing, or by telephone, or by writing, because physical visitation may be difficult at times. The intention is to please his relatives and not to sever ties with them. There should be satisfaction and love between him and them, and no severance by any means, whether by writing, by visiting, or by telephone, or through the friends and loved ones who visit them, conveying his love for them and his desire to visit them were it not for the obstacles. Likewise, it is done through gifts, through charity to the poor, through good intercession, and other means of benefit.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
What is the time period during which maintaining family ties must occur? That is, fathers with their daughters and their sisters' daughters, and women with their paternal and maternal aunts. Is it three days every month? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good. And does a Muslim commit a sin if he does not visit his mother's and father's paternal and maternal aunts?
Answer:
As far as we know, there is no specific time period for maintaining family ties. Rather, it is obligatory to maintain ties with relatives continuously until they die. It is obligatory for the believing man and the believing woman to maintain family ties absolutely. It is not limited to one day, two days, three days, or four days in the month or in the year. No; it is obligatory to maintain family ties continuously, and severing ties is forbidden continuously. However, maintaining family ties is done according to custom: by visiting, by writing, by telephone, by sending relatives or friends to convey greetings, by consoling the poor, by giving an appropriate gift. All of this is part of maintaining ties. Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The presenter : In her final question, she asks Your Eminence: Does a Muslim commit a sin if he does not visit his mother's and father's paternal and maternal aunts?
The Shaykh : He does not commit a sin in that if the connection exists through writing, or by telephone, or by writing, because physical visitation may be difficult at times. The intention is to please his relatives and not to sever ties with them. There should be satisfaction and love between him and them, and no severance by any means, whether by writing, by visiting, or by telephone, or through the friends and loved ones who visit them, conveying his love for them and his desire to visit them were it not for the obstacles. Likewise, it is done through gifts, through charity to the poor, through good intercession, and other means of benefit.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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