Is the daughter of a sister's husband from another woman considered a relative?
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Question:
Our brother also asks: What is the type of kinship between a person and the daughter of his sister's husband, where the daughter is from another woman, not from the person's sister?
Answer:
She is not a relative of his; she is not among his kin, nor is she a close relative. If he treats her well because she is the daughter of his sister's husband, there is nothing wrong with that, but she is not a relative of his. She would only be a relative if she were his sister's daughter, in which case he would be her maternal uncle, and he should treat her well as he treats the rest of his kin. As for the daughter of his sister's husband who is not from his sister, she is not considered one of his relatives. Yes.
The presenter: What is the kinship tie between the person himself and the husband of the daughter, if she were to marry, for example? And is the husband of a daughter who is not his sister considered one of the relatives whose severance is not permissible?
The Shaykh: The husband of a daughter is called a son-in-law (sahar), not a blood relative (rahm). If he treats him well because of the marriage tie, that is what should be done, because the marriage tie has a connection to people similar to the connection of blood kinship in terms of closeness, gathering, and cooperation. If he maintains the tie with his sister's husband, his sister's daughter's husband, or his paternal cousin's daughter's husband, out of respect for his kinship and out of doing good, that is good, but he is not a blood relative; it is only a kinship of marriage. It is the custom of Muslims to honor sons-in-law, treat them well, and value them, because that falls within the scope of doing good to the relatives who are his paternal cousins' daughters, his maternal cousins, or his sisters, who are the wives of these sons-in-law.
The conclusion is: the son-in-law is not among the blood relatives, but he is close to the relatives through the marriage tie. One should treat them well solely for the sake of the marriage tie, and honor them for the sake of the marriage tie as a respect for the relatives, such as his brother's daughter, his sister's daughter, his sister, his paternal aunt, and his maternal aunt. Their husbands have the right of the marriage tie, out of doing good to his relatives, his paternal cousins' daughters, and the like. It is not that the husbands are considered blood relatives—no—but they are considered sons-in-law who are treated well and honored as a respect for the relatives. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Our brother also asks: What is the type of kinship between a person and the daughter of his sister's husband, where the daughter is from another woman, not from the person's sister?
Answer:
She is not a relative of his; she is not among his kin, nor is she a close relative. If he treats her well because she is the daughter of his sister's husband, there is nothing wrong with that, but she is not a relative of his. She would only be a relative if she were his sister's daughter, in which case he would be her maternal uncle, and he should treat her well as he treats the rest of his kin. As for the daughter of his sister's husband who is not from his sister, she is not considered one of his relatives. Yes.
The presenter: What is the kinship tie between the person himself and the husband of the daughter, if she were to marry, for example? And is the husband of a daughter who is not his sister considered one of the relatives whose severance is not permissible?
The Shaykh: The husband of a daughter is called a son-in-law (sahar), not a blood relative (rahm). If he treats him well because of the marriage tie, that is what should be done, because the marriage tie has a connection to people similar to the connection of blood kinship in terms of closeness, gathering, and cooperation. If he maintains the tie with his sister's husband, his sister's daughter's husband, or his paternal cousin's daughter's husband, out of respect for his kinship and out of doing good, that is good, but he is not a blood relative; it is only a kinship of marriage. It is the custom of Muslims to honor sons-in-law, treat them well, and value them, because that falls within the scope of doing good to the relatives who are his paternal cousins' daughters, his maternal cousins, or his sisters, who are the wives of these sons-in-law.
The conclusion is: the son-in-law is not among the blood relatives, but he is close to the relatives through the marriage tie. One should treat them well solely for the sake of the marriage tie, and honor them for the sake of the marriage tie as a respect for the relatives, such as his brother's daughter, his sister's daughter, his sister, his paternal aunt, and his maternal aunt. Their husbands have the right of the marriage tie, out of doing good to his relatives, his paternal cousins' daughters, and the like. It is not that the husbands are considered blood relatives—no—but they are considered sons-in-law who are treated well and honored as a respect for the relatives. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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