countless amounts on their own sons weddings, having your sister wearing old clothes whilst her brothers have a new set of clothes every day, sisters pining for a new set of clothing, whilst her brothers gift expensive clothes to one another, with sisters unable to afford treatment for illnesses, whilst her  brothers shower money like rain on their own and their children’s birthdays, widows and poor sisters being forced into tough jobs in order to raise their children, or having to tutor them personally, whereas the brother is celebrating his birthday, oblivious to all of this, or we continue to watch as sisters become ill and impoverished due to lack of income, and spend their time weeping at home alone,, whereas brothers are meeting up with friends and enjoying themselves, then come to know, that Islam does not like any of this!

Rather, Islam gives us this teaching that if your brother/sister is in need and Allah has blessed you with wealth, it is necessary to take responsibility of livelihood ‘کفالت’ and for wealth to be distributed the way it is done with inheritance rulings.

Keeping good ties with one’s relatives is so important, that all previous Islamic laws ‘شریعتوں’ have been given a command to maintain these ties, and it was made Wajib upon all Ummahs. A covenant was taken from the children of Allah’s Beloved Prophet Ya’qoob عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, and after affirming belief in the Oneness of Allah Almighty and treating parents well, part of that covenant was to keep ties with family relations. Hence it is stated in Para 1, Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse Number 83:

وَ اِذْ اَخَذْنَا مِیْثَاقَ بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ لَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ- وَ بِالْوَالِدَیْنِ اِحْسَانًا وَّ ذِی الْقُرْبٰى

And when We took a covenant from the Children of Israel; that do not worship anyone other than Allah, and be good to parents, and relatives,

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 1, Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 83)