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Kindness to Relatives

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Serve Allah and do not worship anything besides Him, and show kindness to your parents and near relatives… (al-Qur’an 4:36)

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THE PROPHET images said: ‘The best of you is the one who is best to his own family, and I am the best of you towards my family’. (Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah)

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THE PROPHET images said: ‘Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should maintain close ties with his relatives’. (Muslim)

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THE PROPHET images said: ‘Whoever would like to be given more provision (by Allah in this life) and would like to be remembered well by future generations should maintain strong family ties’. (Bukhari, Muslim)

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THE PROPHET images said: ‘He is not one of us who does not show mercy to our little ones and respect to our elders’. (Tirmidhi)

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ʿA’ISHAH images was asked: ‘What did the Prophet images used to do at home?’ She answered, ‘He kept himself busy with helping the members of his household, and when the time for prayer came, he would go out for the prayer’. (Bukhari)