Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 9 Seventh Greater Sin: Qat’a ar-Rahm Breaking of Ties With the Muslim and the Kafir Relatives
Breaking of Ties With the Muslim and the Kafir Relatives
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Breaking of Ties With the Muslim and the Kafir Relatives
The traditions of the Ma’sÅ«mÄ«n (a.s.) leave no doubt whatsoever that the fulfilling of the rights of one’s relatives is obligatory. Whether the relatives are Shia or Sunni, pious and religious or sinful and transgressors or whether they are Muslims or Kafirs. It is compulsory to perform Silet ar-Rahm with them. Even if a Muslim relative apostises and becomes a kafir, his rights are not invalidated.
Inb al-Hamid enquired from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.): “My relatives are not of my religion. Are any of their rights upon me?” Imam (a.s.) gave the following reply:
“Why not? The rights of the relatives do not become invalid for any reason (even if the relatives are unbelievers) but if the relatives are Muslim then their rights are twice as much. One is due to their being relatives and second because of their being Muslim.”
(al-KÄfi)
