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Does showing kindness to a relative who used to harm one's mother contradict honoring the deceased mother, and what is the reward for such kindness if it does not contradict honoring the mother?

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Your kindness to a relative who has harmed your mother does not contradict your dutifulness to her; rather, it is the better approach, as Allah Almighty says: "And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] with that which is better; then suddenly, he to whom between you and him was enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend. But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good]." This kindness carries a great reward because it encompasses striving against the self and Satan, and because it is charity and maintaining ties of kinship.

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