Failing to Maintain Good Relations with Relatives
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 142
5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ الْعَابِدِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَشَكَا إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَقَارِبَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ اكْظِمْ غَيْظَكَ وَافْعَلْ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ يَفْعَلُونَ وَيَفْعَلُونَ فَقَالَ أَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِثْلَهُمْ فَلا يَنْظُرَ الله إِلَيْكُمْ.
5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Salih ibn al-Sindy from Ja’far ibn Bashir from ‘Anbasah al-‘Abid who has said the following: “Once a man came to Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام and complained before him about his relatives. Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام said, ‘Keep your anger down and do it (maintain good relations).’ The man said, ‘They do and do it (act against me).’ The Imam asked, ‘Do you also want to act like them, if so Allah will not look to you (with kindness)?”’
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/368)
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