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WANT TO LIVE LONGER …BE RICH?! THEN COME WITH ME……

Importance of joining ties of

Kinship

Mariam Ahmed 2

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What is صلة الرحم ?

• To maintain the ties of kinship

• Kinship includes : it refers to all blood

relatives – not relatives through

breastfeeding – on both the father’s

side and the mother’s side

"Worship Allâh and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives…“

[an-Nisâ´ (4): 36]

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Who are the kindred (arhaam) with whom one must uphold the ties of kinship?

• The kindred (arhaam) are the blood relatives on your mother’s and father’s sides.

“But kindred by blood are nearer to one another (regarding inheritance)

in the decree ordained by Allaah” [al-Anfaal 8:57; al-Ahzaab 33:6]

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Upholding the ties of kinship is obligatory to the extent that one is able to do it

• It is obligatory to the extent that one is able to do it, starting with

the closest and then the next closest.

• Severing the ties of kinship is a major sin as seen in Surah

Muhammad (47:22 - 23 ): “Would you then, if you were given the

authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship?

Such are they whom Allâh has cursed, so that He has made them

deaf and blinded their sight.”

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Ending disputes and fixing ties with Kinship

• In many cases, this kind of rigid and harsh-hearted attitude is temporary and does not last for long

• The person who has cut off ties of kinship should be reminded of the rights of his relatives

• the one who undertakes to reconcile between them will earn the reward mentioned in the Surah Al-Nisaa (4:114)

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