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Even if our relative has not deliberately met us because of laziness or any other reason or has not invited us or has openly mistreated us, we should still maintain ties with him, showing broadmindedness. Sayyidunā Ubayy Bin Ka’b رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Prophet of Raḥmaĥ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: One who wants a palace to be built for him (in Paradise) and his ranks to be raised should forgive one who oppresses him, bestow [something suitable] upon one who deprives him and keep relations with one who breaks off relations with him. (Al-Mustadrak lil-Ḥākim, vol. 3, pp. 12, Ḥadīš 3215)
Giving Ṣadaqaĥ to the relative having concealed enmity
Whether or not anyone treats us gracefully, we should always treat him gracefully. It is stated in a Ḥadīš narrated in Musnad Imām Aḥmad: ‘اِنَّ اَفۡضَلَ الصَّدَقَةِ الصَّدَقَةُ عَلٰي ذِي الرَّحِمِ الۡكَاشِحِ’ The most preferred Ṣadaqaĥ is the one that is given to a relative who holds concealed enmity.
(Musnad Imām Aḥmad Bin Ḥanbal, vol. 9, pp. 138, Ḥadīš 23589)
Amīr-ul-Mu`minīn Sayyidunā Abū Bakr Ṣiddīq رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ would provide for his maternal cousin Sayyidunā Misṭaḥ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ who was a destitute companion and had taken part in the migration as well as in the battle of Badr. Sayyidunā Misṭaḥ
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