It is obligatory but not as strong as your cousins. You can call them every now and then and visit them.

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This is a major sin.    It was narrated that Ma’qil ibn Yassaar said: the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “For one of you to be stabbed in the head with an iron needle is better for him than that he should touch a woman who is not […]

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A prayer is invalid if a pillar is missed.

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