Keeping Ties of Kinship and Kindness to Parents
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1 That my provisions will be blessed and my life will be prolonged in obeying Allah
Anas ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, " He who desires ample provisions and his life be prolonged, should maintain good ties with his blood relations ".
[ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ].
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2 That I will be admitted into the Heavens
Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "By Him in Whose Hand is my life! You will not enter Jannah until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I inform you of something which, if you do, you will love one another? Promote greetings amongst yourselves."
[ Muslim ].
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3 I am warding off the wrath of Allah in this worldly life and in the Hereafter
Abu Bakra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"There is no wrong action more likely to bring punishment in this world in addition to what is stored up in the Next World than oppression and severing ties of kinship."
[ Al-Adab Al-Mufrad ]
`Amr bin Dinar said:
"there is no more rewardable step in the sight of Allah than a step for the sake of maintaining the ties of kinship"
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4 That it is a means to have my sins forgiven
Ibn 'Umar ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
A man came to the Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have been afflicted by a tremendous sin. Is there any repentance for me?" He said: "Do you have your mother?" The man said: "No." He said: "Do you have any maternal aunts?" The man said: "Yes." He said: "Then be dutiful to them."
[ Jami` at-Tirmidhi ]
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5 That I will have the good consequence of [this] life and the Hereafter
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ):
{ And those who join that which Allāh has ordered to be joined1 and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account, And those who are patient, seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home Gardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever were righteous among their forefathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from every gate, [saying] }
Quran ( 13 : 21 - 23 )
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6 That Allah will keep good relations with me
Narrated `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, ( May Allah be pleased with her ): that The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said,
"The word 'Ar-Rahm' (womb) derives its name from 'Ar- Rahman' (i.e. Allah). So whosoever keeps good relations with it (womb i.e. Kith and kin), Allah will keep good relations with him, and whosoever will sever it (i.e. severs his bonds of Kith and kin) Allah too will sever His relations with him.
[ al-Bukhari ]
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7 That I will realize one of the branches of faith
Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported: The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said,
"He who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him show hospitality to his guest; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him maintain good relation with kins;
[ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ]
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8 Allah keeps me safe from his torment in this life and in the hereafter
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ):
{ So would you perhaps, if you turned away,1 cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship? Those [who do so] are the ones that Allāh has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision. }
Quran ( 47 : 22 - 23 )
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9 Allah keeps me safe from his torment in this life and in the hereafter
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ):
{ So would you perhaps, if you turned away,1 cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship? Those [who do so] are the ones that Allāh has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision. }
Quran ( 47 : 22 - 23 )
The one who severs the ties of kinship exposed himself to the deprivation and the severe threat.
Jubair bin Mut'am ( May Allah be pleased with him ) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:
“The one who severs the ties of kinship will not enter Paradise.” [ Agreed upon ]. One day bin Mas`oud ( May Allah be pleased with him ) was sitting among his companions and said: "By Allah, I adjure a man who severs the ties of kinship to leave us because we want to supplicate Allah but the gates of the Heavens will be closed in front of the supplication of the one who severs the ties of kinship".
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