What is the meaning of the month of Ramadan, the month of kindness and maintaining ties?

Question : The month of Ramadan is the month of kindness and maintaining ties; what does that mean? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer : I do not know that this is a hadith from the Messenger, but it is the month of generosity and kindness, and the month of all acts of obedience. Kindness (birr) refers to kindness to the parents, which is done by being good to them in wealth, body, and speech. As for maintaining ties (silah), it refers to maintaining ties with relatives, by giving them wealth, physical help, and strength. However, Allah the Exalted named maintaining ties with the parents as kindness (birr), because it is greater and...