Let’s go through 10 benefits of treating relatives nicely.

Ten benefits of treating relatives nicely

Sayyiduna Faqeeh Abul Lays Samarqandi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: There are ten benefits of treating relatives nicely: (1) It brings about the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. (2) It is the means of pleasing people. (3) It delights angels. (4) It earns you praise from Muslims. (5) It upsets Satan. (6) It increases one’s lifespan. (7) It brings blessings in sustenance. (8) It pleases the deceased Muslim forefathers (i.e. the father and grandfather). (9) It increases affection among each other. (10) It increases his reward after his demise because people make Du’a of goodness in his favour. (Tanbih-ul-Ghafileen, pp. 73)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

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Dear Islamic brothers! Showing respect to the close relatives, treating them nicely and always maintaining ties with them is surely a privilege, but alas! Some people maintain ties either due to some compulsion or any vested interest. Some people get displeased with their relatives for personal reasons and at times, for no reason, and do not like to meet one another for years. If they come across each other at any occasion, even then they don’t like to see each other. And some even go on to say that: ‘We are good to those who are good to us, and bad to those who are bad to us.’ It is for this reason that some people only invite those relatives in their weddings and other functions who invite them in their functions, or they have any vested interest in them.

On the contrary, those relatives who cannot help them out or do not invite them due to their poverty, let alone inviting such relatives in their functions, they do not even feel it appropriate to keep ties with them even to the extent of saying Salaam etc. Similarly, Zakah-deserving relatives are also constantly ignored.

In short! Now the spirit of affection, sincerity and devotion like before seems to have faded away amongst the relatives. Whereas, the Beloved Rasoolصَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: ‘Do not cut ties with one another, do not turn your back, do not keep hatred, do not bear jealousy, and o servants of Allah