Good Relation with Relatives
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 68
9ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) صِلْ رَحِمَكَ وَلَوْ بِشَرْبَةٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَأَفْضَلُ مَا تُوصَلُ بِهِ الرَّحِمُ كَفُّ الأذَى عَنْهَا وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ مَنْسَأَةٌ فِي الأجَلِ مَحْبَبَةٌ فِي الأهْلِ.
9. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr from abu al-Hassan al-Rida عليه السلام who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام has said, ‘Maintain your kindred relations well even if it is a help with a drink of water. The best in such relations are not to cause any suffering to relatives. Keeping good relations with relatives delays the coming of death and brings love among them.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/368)
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