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Maintaining ties with relatives
Do not lose hope, however. Have courage, focus on the mercy of Allah and keep this ḥadīth in mind, ‘Wisdom is the lost treasure of the true believer.’[1]
Yes, try your best to use wisdom, and put together strategies to have both estranged parties reconcile with one another. Also ensure nobody has their rights infringed in this process. If you accept what one party has to say, you might be forced to cut ties with another, which is ḥarām and totally impermissible. You must be wise and tactful when having two parties make up with one another.
Remember, sharia does not allow us to act upon an order which leads to us disobeying Allah, as explained to us by the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم : لَا طَاعَةَلِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ الْخَالِقِ - ‘There is no obedience to creation if it entails disobedience to the Creator.’[2]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Sunnah and etiquette of visiting a graveyard
Dear Islamic brothers, let us now discuss some sunnah and etiquette of visitin a graveyard derived from 163 Madani Pearls, a greatly informative booklet written by the Amīr of Ahl al-Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ . When mentioning the visiting of graves, the final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم once beautifully said: “I would forbid you from visiting graves, but you should now visit them. They certainly decrease fondness for the world and remind of the hereafter.” [3]
* If one intends to visit the grave of a Muslim (or the shrine of a saint), it is liked (mustaḥab) for him to offer two units of voluntary salāh in
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
