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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Hadith: The One Who Maintains Ties Is Not the One Who Reciprocates, and Maintaining Kinship Ties

Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan

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The questioner:
Abu Ahmad from Riyadh says: In the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Al-Wasil is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives, but Al-Wasil is the one who keeps good relations with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him.لَيْسَ الْوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِئِ وَلَكِنِ الْوَاصِلُ الَّذِي إِذَا قَطَعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَا
Sahih al-Bukhari 5991
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The Shaykh:
Cut off.

The questioner:
Or, it was cut off.

The Shaykh:
Yes,
Al-Wasil is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives, but Al-Wasil is the one who keeps good relations with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him.ليس الواصل بالمكافئ، ولكن الواصل الذي إذا قطعت رحمه وصلها
Sahih al-Bukhari 5991
, so maintaining kinship ties is obligatory, maintaining kinship ties is obligatory, and they have a right over their relatives, so it is obligatory to maintain ties with them in various ways, and the Muslim for the Muslim is
like a building they support one anotherكالبنيان يشد بعضه بعضا
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2560Sahih (Darussalam)
. He (peace and blessings be upon him) interlaced his fingers.
The likeness of the believers in their mutual love, mercy, and compassion is like that of one body; when one of its parts complains, the rest of the body responds to it with sleeplessness and fever.مثل المؤمنين في توادهم وتراحمهم وتعاطفهم كمثل الجسد الواحد إذا اشتكى منه عضو تداعى له سائر الجسد بالسهر والحمى
. This is the description of the believers, and they love one another for the sake of Allah
The believers are but brothersإِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ
[Al-Hujurat 49:10]
, so they love one another for the sake of Allah, they visit one another for the sake of Allah, and they maintain contact with one another for the sake of Allah, yes.

The presenter:
May Allah bless you
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (204) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1441-04-29] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (9:40)

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