Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 9 Seventh Greater Sin: Qat’a ar-Rahm The Worldly Benefits of Kindness to Relatives
The Worldly Benefits of Kindness to Relatives
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The Worldly Benefits of Kindness to Relatives
Numerous reports (RawayÄt) testify that Silet ar-Rahm (kindness to one’s relatives) also has worldly benefits. Like, increase in the life-span, postponement of death, increase in the number of descendants etc., Hazrat Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) related Three traditions from the Holy Prophet (S) in the court of Mansur Dawaniqi (l.a.).
1) “A man who has only Three years of life remaining, performs an act of kindness to his relatives and Allah increases his life by thirty years. In the same way a man has thirty years of life but due to his breaking off the ties of relationship, his (remaining) life is decreased to Three years. Then the Holy Prophet (S) said: Whatever Allah wills He erases and whatever He wills He writes.
It means that if Allah wills He can alter (certain destinies) due to one’s actions and deeds.”
(BihÄr al-AnwÄr)
2) “Fulfilling the rights of kith and kin increases the life-span even if the relative is a sinner.”
(BihÄr al-AnwÄr)
3) Silet ar-Rahm (kindness to relatives) is a cause for the easy accounting of one’s deeds on the day of QiyÄma and it (Silet ar-Rahm) protects one from sudden death.”
Hazrat Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has told Maysar:
(O’ Maysar) the time of your death has arrived many times but Allah has postponed (your death) due to your kindness to the relatives and good behaviour towards them.
