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relatives that if one of them is supposed to be a man and the other a woman, so Nikah is Ḥarām forever between them. These include, for example, the father, the mother, the son, the daughter, the brother, the sister, the brother and sister of the father and those of the mother, the nephew and the niece etc.) It is Farḍ to help them in their hour of need, and one not doing so is a sinner. Under the other category fall those relatives Nikah is Ḥalāl with; such as the offspring of paternal and maternal uncles and those of the maternal aunt. It is Sunnaĥ Muakkadaĥ [i.e. strongly advised Sunnaĥ] and a rich reward-earning act to treat them with kindness and with good manners. Also remember that treating all relatives and even all Muslims with good manners is essential and hurting their feelings is Ḥarām. (Tafsīr ‘Azīzī)
Third piece of advice: Distant in-laws are not included in Żī-Riḥm. However, some of them are Maḥram such as the mother-in-law and the Razāī mother[1] [i.e. the woman who has not given birth to a baby but has suckled it within the age of two and a half years according to the Ĥijrī calendar]. Some of them are not Maḥram but have rights. Even neighbours have rights but these rights are not included in this verse as it refers to Żī-Riḥm and other relatives. (Tafsīr Na’īmī, vol. 1, pp. 447)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
[1] For detailed information about it, refer to Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ’s published book Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, volume 2, part 7.
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