Means of Maintaining Family Ties
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Question:
Our sister, the questioner Umm Abdullah, says in this question: I have sisters, aunts, and female cousins who are scattered: one in the north, another in the south, and another in the west. Among them are the elderly and the young. Some of them have telephones, and others do not. I am unable to visit them because visiting is costly. If one of them wants to visit this relative, he must give him a sum of money, and on top of that, the travel costs are very high.
The question remains, O Shaykh: Do telephone calls suffice for maintaining family ties, or is it obligatory to go to them? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
Maintaining ties through correspondence or telephone is good, and it is good for maintaining family ties: by telephone, by phone, by correspondence with the greeting that someone carries: “Greet so-and-so for us,” “Greet my brother so-and-so,” “Greet my uncle,” “Greet my maternal uncle.” All of this is part of maintaining family ties. If visiting becomes easy without cost, it is part of the perfection of maintaining ties: visiting, and giving money if they are in need, or if giving money pleases them; this is part of maintaining ties. A good gift, comforting the poor; this is part of the obligatory maintaining of ties—maintaining family ties. If they are wealthy, then kind words, kind correspondence, and telephone calls suffice, even if you do not travel to them; the telephone call and correspondence suffice. If they are poor, or if they need a gift, you give them a gift. The poor person is comforted, if you are able, from zakah or otherwise. All of this is part of maintaining family ties. We ask Allah for guidance and success for everyone. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you and bless you.
Our sister, the questioner Umm Abdullah, says in this question: I have sisters, aunts, and female cousins who are scattered: one in the north, another in the south, and another in the west. Among them are the elderly and the young. Some of them have telephones, and others do not. I am unable to visit them because visiting is costly. If one of them wants to visit this relative, he must give him a sum of money, and on top of that, the travel costs are very high.
The question remains, O Shaykh: Do telephone calls suffice for maintaining family ties, or is it obligatory to go to them? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
Maintaining ties through correspondence or telephone is good, and it is good for maintaining family ties: by telephone, by phone, by correspondence with the greeting that someone carries: “Greet so-and-so for us,” “Greet my brother so-and-so,” “Greet my uncle,” “Greet my maternal uncle.” All of this is part of maintaining family ties. If visiting becomes easy without cost, it is part of the perfection of maintaining ties: visiting, and giving money if they are in need, or if giving money pleases them; this is part of maintaining ties. A good gift, comforting the poor; this is part of the obligatory maintaining of ties—maintaining family ties. If they are wealthy, then kind words, kind correspondence, and telephone calls suffice, even if you do not travel to them; the telephone call and correspondence suffice. If they are poor, or if they need a gift, you give them a gift. The poor person is comforted, if you are able, from zakah or otherwise. All of this is part of maintaining family ties. We ask Allah for guidance and success for everyone. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
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