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Kindness to Parents, Relatives, Kinsfolk and Severance of Ties
القاسم عن عبد الصمد بن بشير عن معاوية قال: قال لي أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: ان صلة الرحم تهون الحساب يوم القيامة ثم قرأ: يصلون ما أمر الله به ان يوصل ويخشون ربهم ويخافون سوء الحساب.
14.Al-Qāsim narrated from ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Bashīr, from Muʿāwiyah who said, “Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said to me, ‘Verily keeping ties with near relatives makes the accounting easier on the Day of Judgment. Then he recited [the verse]: They maintain the ties that Allah has ordered to be maintained, stand in awe of their Lord, and fear the harshness of [strict] reckoning (Q13:21).’”
القاسم عن عبد الصمد بن هلال عن رجل من أصحابنا قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: ان آل فلان يبر بعضهم بعضا ويتواصلون قال: إذا (اذن) ينمون وتنموا أموالهم ولا يزالون في ذلك حتى يتقاطعوا فإذا فعلوا ذلك انكسر عنهم.
15.Al-Qāsim narrated from ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Hilāl, from a man among our companions who said, “I said to Abū ʿAbdillāh (a), ‘Verily the family of so-and-so are dutiful [and kind] towards each other and maintain familial ties with each other.’ He said, ‘Then they will grow [in numbers] and their wealth will grow. And they shall continue in this way unless they sever ties with each other. If they do that, it shall break away from them.’”
إبراهيم بن أبي البلاد عن عبد الله بن الوليد الوصافي عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: البر يزيد في العمر وصدقة السر تطفي غضب الرب.
16.Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Bilād narrated from ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Walīd al- Waṣṣāfī, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “Kindness [to parents] increases one’s lifespan and charity given secretly calms the Lord’s wrath.”
إبراهيم بن أبي البلاد عن أبيه رفعه قال: رأى موسى بن عمران عليه السلام رجلا تحت ظل العرش فقال يا رب من هذا الذي أدنيته حتى جعلته تحت ظل العرش فقال الله تبارك وتعالى يا موسى هذا لم يكن يعق والديه ولا يحسد الناس على ما آتاهم الله من فضله فقال: يا رب فان من خلقك من يعق والديه؟ فقال: ان العقوق ليست لهما.
17.Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Bilād narrated from his father who attributed it [to a higher authority] and said, “Mūsā ibn ʿImrān (a) saw a man under the shade of the [Divine] Throne so he asked, ‘O Lord, who is this person whom You have brought so close that You have placed him under the shade of Your Throne?’ Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said, ‘O Mūsā, this person was never undutiful to his parents, nor did he ever envy the people for what Allah had given them of His favors.’ He asked, ‘O Lord, are there any among Your creation who are undutiful to their parents?’ He replied, ‘The undutiful ones are not [counted as] theirs.’” [1]
إبراهيم بن أبي البلاد عن أبيه عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: لو علم الله شيئا أدنى من أف لنهى عنه وهو أدنى العقوق ومن العقوق ان ينظر الرجل إلى أويه يحد إليهما.
18.Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Bilād narrated from his father, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “If Allah knew [human beings capable of using] anything less than ‘uff’ [against their parents], He would have forbidden it, and that is the smallest form of undutifulness. Another form of undutifulness is for a man to look at his parents with a stern [and angry] stare.”
ابن أبي البلاد عن أبيه رفعه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: الا أدلكم على خير أخلاق الدنيا والآخرة قالوا بلى يا رسول الله قال: من وصل من قطعه وأعطى من حرمه وعفا عمن ظلمه ومن سره أن يسأله في عمره ويوسع له في رزقه فليتق الله وليصل رحمه.
19.Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Bilād narrated from his father, who attributed it to the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) that he said, “Should I not guide you to the best of moral traits of this world and the Hereafter?” They (the companions) said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah!” He said, “Whoever establishes ties with the one who cuts him off, gives to the one who deprives him, and forgives the one who wrongs him. And whoever would be pleased to get a longer life and have his sustenance increased,then let him be mindful of Allah and keep ties with his near relatives.”
محمد بن أبي عمير عن جميل بن دراج قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول الله تبارك وتعالى: واتقوا الله الذي تسائلون به والأرحام، قال: هي أرحام الناس ان الله أمر بصلتها وعظمها، الا ترى أنه جعلها معه
20.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Jamīl ibn Darrāj who said, “I asked Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) about the verse wherein Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: Be mindful of Allah, in Whose name you appeal to one another, and [honor] your family ties… (Q4:1). He said, “[It refers to] the kinship ties of the people. Verily Allah has commanded that they should be maintained and He gave that great importance. Do you not see that He placed it alongside Himself [when He mentioned it in the verse]?’”
الحسن بن محبوب عن مالك بن عطية عن أبي عبيدة عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام (قال: في، كتاب على أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام): ثلاث خصال لا يموت صاحبهن ابدا حتى يرى وبالهن: البغى وقطيعة الرحم واليمين الكاذبة يبارز الله بهاون أعجل الطاعة ثوابا لصلة الرحم وان القوم ليكونون فجار فيتواصلون فينمي أموالهم ويثرون وان اليمين الكاذبة وقطيعة الرحم لتذاران الديار بلاقع من أهلها وتنقل الرحمة وان في انتقال الرحمة انقطاع النسل.
21.Al-Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb narrated from Mālik ibn ʿAṭiyyah, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “In the book of ʿAlī, Amīr al- Muʾminīn, (a) [we find the following]: There are three traits whose possessor never dies until he has seen their evil consequences: aggression, severing ties with near relatives, and giving false testimony under oath, by which He proceeds to fight against Allah. Indeed the act of obedience that brings the quickest reward is keeping ties with near relatives. A community may be sinners but they keep ties with each other and [as a result] their wealth grows and they thrive. Verily [giving] false oaths and severing ties with near relatives ruins abodes, turning them into wastelands for their inhabitants, and removes mercy – and verily in the removal of mercy lies the severance of one’s lineage.”[1]
محمد بن أبي عمير عن هشام بن سالم عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: جاء رجل إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فقال يا رسول الله: من أبر؟ قال: أمك قال: ثم من؟ قال: عليه السلام: أمك قال ثم من؟ قال: أباك.
22.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Hishām ibn Sālim, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (as) who said: “A man came to the Prophet (sw) and asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, whom should I be kind to?’ He said, ‘Your mother.’ He asked, ‘Then who?’ He (sw) said, ‘Your mother.’ He asked, ‘Then who?’ He said, ‘Your father.’”[1]
بعض أصحابنا عن حنان بن سدير عن حكم الخياط عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: قلت له: أيجزى الولد الوالد؟ قال: لا إلا في خصلتين: يجده مملوكا فيشتريه فيعتقه أو يكون عليه دين فيقضيه عنه.
23.One of our companions narrated from Ḥanān ibn Sadīr, from Ḥakam al-Khayyāṭ, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said to him, “Can a son recompense his father?” He said, “No, except in two cases: he finds him enslaved so he buys him and emancipates him, or he is indebted so he pays off his debt.”
