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and asking after them, providing timely help to them and maintaining good social relations with them. Ruling: If they are from among the ‘Maḥārim’ and have been destitute, then it is obligatory for a well-off relative to provide for them as it is also their right. (Maḥārim here imply such close relatives that if one of them is supposed to be a man and the other a woman, Nikah [i.e. marriage] is Ḥarām forever between them; e.g. the father, the mother, the son, the daughter, the brother, the sister, the brother and the sister of the father and those of the mother, the nephew and the niece, etc.)
Ten virtues of treating relatives with kindness
Sayyidunā Faqīĥ Abul Layš Samarqandī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated: There are ten virtues of treating relatives with kindness:
It brings about the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
It pleases people. (3. It delights angels.
It earns you praise from Muslims.
It upsets satan. (6. It increases age.
It brings blessings in sustenance.
It pleases the deceased forefathers (i.e. the Muslim father and grandfather).
It fosters harmony.
It increases reward after demise because people make Du’ā for such a person. (Tanbīĥ-ul-Ghāfilīn, pp. 73)
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