ABANDONING RELATIVES

[MohammedIbrahim]

Allah Most High says :
  Be conscious of Allah,through whom you clia(your mutual rights),and of the ties of relationship.(al-Nisa 4:1)
 
   Would you then,if put in authority, do mischief on earth and brek your ties of relationship?Such are the people whom Allah has cursed;He has made them deaf and blinded their vision(Muhammad 47:22-23)

     Allah's messenger (SAW) said: "one who breaks ties of family relationships will not enter the Garden"(Bukhari and Muslim).
        This tradition applies to those rich people who abandon their poor or weak relatives due to pride in their wealth or status,not treating them with kindness nor helpig them in their need,unless they (the former) repent toward ALLAH and mend their behavior toward them(their less fortunate kin).

      The ProphetSAW) said:

       "If someone has poor relative and instead of spending on them he gives charity to others, his charity will not be accepted by ALLAH, and ALLAH will not look at him on the day of resurrection.However ,if he himself is poor, he should keep ties with them by visiting and keeping informed of their situation".

     "Keep ties with your relatives even if it is (only) by greeting them."

      So,you see brothers and sisters in Islam it is absolutely necessary to keep ties with our relatives ,we should at least try to visit them(of course not everybody) even if its once every one or two weeks.As for those of us that are very far from our relatives we could keep in touch by phone or email(dyme 'n' fulanicious take note  :))
       
                                                       Salam!            

[MohammedIbrahim]

Assalamu-alaikum,
      In the second paragraph the word"clia" was a mistake ,its suppose to be 'claim'.      

[Blaqueen]

Well, at least i'm proud to say that.. Northerners usually have close ties with their relatives, and even family friends... i juss hope we continue to do so...
Thanx mohammed

[al_hamza]

ALLAHU'AKBAR