Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 9 Seventh Greater Sin: Qat’a ar-Rahm The Different Grades of Silet ar-Rahm
The Different Grades of Silet ar-Rahm
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The Different Grades of Silet ar-Rahm
Shahīd al-Thani[5] (r.a.) describes the grades of Silet ar-Rahm in the following words:
It is deduced from the traditions that the highest stage of Silet ar-Rahm is to consider the relatives as our own selves. That is, we should wish for our relations whatever we wish for ourselves.
The next stage of Silet ar-Rahm is to help relatives overcome the difficulties and hardships they may be facing. Next, we must earnestly try to benefit our kith and kin as much as possible, in areas where they need help and of course in a manner permitted by religion. This benefit can be either economic or by way of making a person independent, by securing for him a job or initiating him into a trade. It can also be in the form of a sound advice, spiritual guidance and religious teachings.
The fourth stage of Silet ar-Rahm is towards those people who are dependents of our relatives. For example, the brother’s wife or the step-mother.
The simplest kind of Silet ar-Rahm consists of salutations, a lesser kind is the conveying of SalÄm (through someone). The smallest kind of Silet ar-Rahm is to pray for relatives in their presence and to encourage them.
