| Rights &
Responsibilities toward Relatives
Quran
Sura: 2, Ayat: 83.
When We made a covenant with the children of Israel: You serve none but
Allah. Show kindness to your parents, to your kinsfolk, to the orphans,
and to the destitute. Exhort men to righteousness. Attend to your prayers
and pay the alms-tax. But you all turned your backs except a few, and gave
no heed.
Sura: 2, Ayat: 177.
Righteousness does not consist in whether you face towards the east or the
west. The righteous man is he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, in
the angels and the Book and the prophets; who for the love of Allah gives
his wealth to his kinsfolk, to the orphans, to the needy, to the wayfarers
and to the beggars, and for the redemption of captives; who attends to his
prayers and pays the alms-tax; who is true to his promises and steadfast
in trial and adversity and in times of war. Such
are the true believers; such are the God-fearing.
Sura: 2, Ayat: 180.
It is decreed that when death approaches, those of you that leave wealth
shall bequeath it equitably to parents and kindred. This is a duty
incumbent on the righteous.
Sura: 2, Ayat: 215.
They will ask you about alms-giving, Say: 'Whatever you bestow in charity
must go to your parents and to your kinsfolk, to the orphan and to the
poor man and to the wayfarer. Allah is aware of whatever good you do.'
Sura: 4, Ayat: 1.
Men, have fear of your Lord, who created you from a single soul. From that
soul He created its mate, and through them He bestrewed the earth with
countless men and women. Fear Allah, in whose name you plead with one
another, and honour the mothers who bore you. Allah is ever watching over
you.
Sura: 4, Ayat: 8.
If relatives, orphans, or needy men are present at the division of an
inheritance, give them, too, a share of it, and speak to them in kind
words.
Sura: 4, Ayat: 36.
Serve Allah and associate none with Him. Show kindness to your parents and
your kindred, to the orphans and to the needy, to your near and distant
neighbours, to your fellow-travellers, to the wayfarers, and to the slaves
whom you own. Allah does not love arrogant and boastful men.
Sura: 4, Ayat: 135.
0 you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to God, even
as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be
(against) rich or poor: For God can best protect both. Follow not the
lusts (of your hearts), lest you swerve, and if you distort (justice) or
decline to do justice, verily God is well-acquainted with all that you do.
Sura: 6, Ayat: 151-152.
Say: 'Come, I will tell you what your Lord has made binding on you:
....... Speak justly, even if it affects your own kinsmen ..........
Sura: 8, Ayat: 41.
And know that out of all the booty that you may acquire (in war), a fifth
share is assigned to God, - and to the Apostle, and to near relatives,
orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer, - if you do believe in God and in
the revelation We sent down to Our Servant on the Day of Testing (battle
of Badr), - the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For God has power
over all things.
Sura: 8, Ayat: 74-75.
Those that have embraced the faith and migrated from their homes and
fought for the cause of Allah, and those that have sheltered them and
helped them - they are the true believers. They shall receive mercy and a
generous provision.
Those that have since embraced the faith and fled their homes and fought
together with you - they too are of you. And according to the Book of
Allah, those who are bound by ties of blood are nearest to one another.
Allah has knowledge of all things.
Sura: 9, Ayat: 113-114.
It is not for the Prophet or the believers to beg forgiveness for
polytheists, even though they be near of kin, after it has become manifest
that they are the people of the Fire. Ibrahim prayed for his father only
to fulfill a promise he had made with him.
But when he realized he was an enemy of Allah, he disowned him. Surely
Ibrahim was a compassionate and tender-hearted man.
Sura: 16, Ayat: 90.
Allah enjoins justice, kindness and charity to one's kindred, and forbids
indecency, wickedness and oppression. He admonishes you so that you may
take heed.
Sura: 17, Ayat: 26.
Give to the near of kin their due, and also to the destitute and to the
way-farers. Do not squander (your substance) wastefully.
Sura: 24, Ayat: 22.
Let not the honourable and rich among you swear not to give to their
kindred, the poor, and those who have emigrated for the cause of Allah.
Rather, let them pardon and forgive. Do you
not wish Allah to forgive you? He
is Forgiving, Merciful.
Sura: 24, Ayat: 61.
It shall be no offence for the blind, the lame, the sick and yourselves to
eat at your table. Nor shall it be an offence for you to eat in your
houses and in the houses of your fathers, your mothers, your brothers,
your sisters, your paternal uncles, your paternal aunts, your maternal
uncles, your maternal aunts or in houses with the keys of which you are
entrusted, or in those of your friends. It shall be equally lawful whether
you eat together or apart.
When you enter houses, salute one another with a salutation from Allah,
blessed and kind. Thus Allah makes clear to you His revelations so that
you may understand.
Sura: 26, Ayat: 214-216.
Admonish your nearest kinsfolk and show kindness to the believers who
follow you. If they disobey you, say: 'I am not accountable for what you
do.'
Sura: 30, Ayat: 38.
Give their due to the near of kin, to the needy, and to the wayfarers.
That is best for those who seek the Countenance of Allah; such men will
surely prosper.
Sura: 33, Ayat: 6.
The Prophet has a greater claim on the faithful than their own selves. His
wives are their mothers.
Blood relations are closer to one another in the Book of Allah than to
other believers or muhajirs*, although you are permitted to do your
friends a kindness. This is decreed in Allah's Book. (*The
emigrants to Madinah)
This is what Allah announces to true
believers who do good works.
Sura: 42, Ayat: 23.
Say: 'For this I demand of you no recompense except the love of those near
of kin. He that does a good deed We add to its goodness for him. He is
Forgiving and Bountiful in His rewards.'
Sura: 58, Ayat: 22.
You shall find no believers in Allah and the Last Day on friendly terms
with those who oppose Allah and His Apostle, even though they be their
fathers, their sons, their brothers, or their kindred.
Allah has written the faith in their very hearts and strengthened
them with a spirit of His own. He will admit them to gardens watered by
running streams, where they shall dwell forever.
Allah is well pleased with them and they with Him. They are the party of
Allah: and Allah's party shall surely triumph.
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