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Definition of ‘Ṣilaĥ-Riḥmī (صِلَهٔ رِحۡمي)’
The word ‘صِلَهٔ [Ṣilaĥ]’ is defined as: ‘اِيۡصَالُ نَوۡعٍ مِّنۡ اَنۡوَاعِ الۡاِحۡسَانِ’ That is, showing benevolence and doing any type of favour. (Az-Zawājir, vol. 2, pp. 156) The word ‘رِحۡم [Riḥm]’ refers to closeness and relationship. (Lisān-ul-Arab, vol. 1, pp. 1479)
It is sated in Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, ‘صِلَهٔ رِحۡم [Ṣilaĥ-Riḥm] implies establishing relations, i.e. doing relatives any favour and treating them with kindness. (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 13, pp. 558)
Treating relatives with kindness and forgiving them for their misbehaviour for the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is a great moral quality and earns you great reward from the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
Fulfill the financial and moral rights of relatives
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said in the 26th verse of Sūraĥ Banī Isrāīl in part 15:
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And give the relatives their rights. |
وَ اٰتِ ذَ ا ا لۡقُرۡ بٰی حَقَّہٗ |
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 15, Sūraĥ Banī Isrāīl, verse 26)
Commenting on the foregoing verse, Ṣadr-ul-Afāḍil, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Sayyid Muhammad Na’īmuddīn Murādābādī عَـلَيْهِ رَحۡمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـهَادِی has stated in Khazāin-ul-‘Irfān: It also implies treating them with kindness, showing love to them, meeting
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