In Ayah 38 of Surah Ar-Room [اَلرُّوْم], part 21, Allah Almighty has stated:

فَاٰتِ ذَا الْقُرْبٰى حَقَّهٗ وَ الْمِسْكِیْنَ وَ ابْنَ السَّبِیْلِؕ-ذٰلِكَ خَیْرٌ لِّلَّذِیْنَ یُرِیْدُوْنَ وَجْهَ اللّٰهِ٘-وَ اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُوْنَ(۳۸)

Translation of Kanz-ul-Iman: Therefore give the relative his right, and to the needy, and to the traveller; this is better for those who seek the pleasure of Allah, and only they have achieved their goal. (Part 21, Surah Ar-Room, Ayah 38)

In Ayah 83 of Surah Al-Baqarah, part 1, Allah Almighty has stated:

وَ بِالْوَالِدَیْنِ اِحْسَانًا وَّ ذِی الْقُرْبٰى وَ الْیَتٰمٰى وَ الْمَسٰكِیْنِ

Translation of Kanz-ul-Iman: And be good to parents, and to relatives, and orphans and the needy. (Part 1, Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 83)

Whatever Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said according to the second above-mentioned blessed Ayah let’s listen to its summary in the form of Madani pearls:

1. In the blessed Ayah, we have been commanded to do our relatives a favour.

2. Favours should be done to parents as they deserve it the most, other relatives are after parents.

3. Zil-Qurba are the people who are your relatives through your parents; they are also called ‘Zee-Rihm’ [ذِی رِحم].

4. There are three types of ‘Zee-Rihm’:

(1) Father’s relatives such as paternal grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, etc.;

(2)Mother’s relatives such as maternal grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt.