What are the rights of the wife, children, brothers, sisters, and parents upon a person if all of them are alive?
The Muslim's rights over another Muslim are ten: greeting him with peace (salam), visiting him when he is sick, accepting his invitation, saying "Yarhamukallah" (may Allah have mercy on you) when he sneezes, following his funeral procession, fulfilling his oath, advising him, loving for him what one loves for oneself, refraining from harming him, and doing good to him. If the person is a relative, the right of kinship is added through kindness and visiting. The rights of parents are even greater, encompassing kindness to them, obedience, humbling oneself before them, and not scolding them. Maintaining kinship ties is obligatory, and severing them is forbidden. The degrees of maintaining ties vary according to one's ability and need. The kin whose ties must be maintained include ascendants (parents, grandparents), descendants (children, grandchildren), and collaterals (siblings, aunts, uncles), and all relatives connected by a common womb (kinship).
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