Traditions Regarding Kindness to Relatives
There are numerous traditions to the fact that Silet ar-Rahm is obligatory. In one of such traditions Imam Baqir (a.s.) relates from the Holy Prophet (S) that he said:
“I will (command) all the people of my Umma, whether present or not, and those generations which are to come till the QiyÄma, who are still in the loins of their father and wombs of their mothers, that they should be kind to their relatives (and visit them) even if they live at a distance of a year’s journey. Because kindness to relatives is one of the commands which is made an integral part of the faith (ImÄn).”