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Maintaining ties with relatives
1. Whoever seeks to be granted more sustenance and have his lifespan extended should maintain good ties with his family.[1]
2. Establishing ties brings love in one’s household, blessings in wealth and longevity.[2]
3. Allah undoubtedly keeps the world flourishing due to one group of people. He increases wealth due to them and has never looked at them with dislike since creating them. It was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم ! Why so?’ It was thus explained in reply: ‘Due to them establishing ties with their relatives.’[3]
Ten virtues of maintaining a good relationship with relatives
The renowned jurist, Sayyidunā Abū al-Layth Samarqandi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه mentions ten positives that come about if one maintains good conduct with their relatives.
1. Allah Almighty is pleased.
2. People become happy and content.
3. Angels also become glad.
4. Doing this earns one praise from Muslims.
5. Satan becomes saddened.
6. Lifespan increases.
7. Blessings are attained in one’s sustenance (rizq).
8. Deceased Muslims from a person’s lineage are delighted by this.
BOOK TOPIC
- Excellence of sending salat upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Maintaining ties with relatives
- Pain caused by a relative
- Quranic commandment for maintaining ties with relatives
- Break the oath!
- Biggest sin
- Definition of صِلَهٔ رِحۡمي - good conduct with relatives
- Strengthen relationships with relatives
- Reality of maintaining ties
- Virtues of maintaining ties with relatives
- Ten virtues of maintaining a good relationship with relatives
- Evil suspicion is a cause of severing ties with relatives
- Excellence of having good opinions
- Become brothers of one another
- Living under the same roof, yet upset with one another
- Encouragement to act upon Pious Deed number 61
- Those who sever relations with you, join ties with hem!
- Keeping good ties with family has become a burden for some
- Punishment for severing ties
- Dawat-e-Islami’s Amity Department
- Rights of younger siblings upon their elder siblings
- Rights of elder siblings upon their younger siblings
- A reply full of wisdom
- Sunnah and etiquette of visiting a graveyard
