Ashrat al-Saah - al-Wabil - Yusuf al-Wabil - (165)

Ashrat al-Saah - al-WabilYusuf al-Wabil

is severe. Kinship ties have been severed: relatives no longer maintain relations with one another. Instead, they have become estranged and turned away from one another. Months and years pass while they live in the same town, yet they neither visit nor keep in touch. This undoubtedly stems from weakness of faith, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) urged the maintenance of kinship ties and warned against severing them.

He said, “Allah created all beings, and when He had finished creating them, the bond of kinship stood up and said, ‘Is this the station of one seeking refuge with You from being severed?’ He said, ‘Yes. Would you not be pleased that I uphold whoever upholds you and cut off whoever cuts you off?’ It replied, ‘Yes indeed.’ He said, ‘Then that is yours.’”

Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Recite, if you wish: ‘Would you then, if you turned away, spread corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship? (22) It is they whom Allah has cursed, leaving them deaf and blinding their sight. (23) Will they not then reflect upon the Quran, or do their hearts have locks upon them?’” (1) [Muhammad: 22–24]

And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “No one who severs ties of kinship will enter Paradise” (2).

As for the mistreatment of neighbors, there is no end to what could be said about it. How many people do not even know their neighbors or inquire about their circumstances so that they might lend them a helping hand if they are in need! Indeed, they do not even refrain from harming them.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade harming one’s neighbor, saying, “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not harm his neighbor” (3).

(1) *Sahīh Muslim*, Book of Virtue, Maintaining Family Ties, and Manners, chapter: Maintaining Family Ties and the Prohibition of Severing Them (16/112, with al-Nawawī’s commentary). (2) *Sahīh Muslim* (16/114, with al-Nawawī’s commentary). (3) *Sahīh Muslim*, Book of Faith, chapter: Encouragement to Honor One’s Neighbor and Guest (2/20, with al-Nawawī’s commentary).

شديد، وقطعت الأرحام، فالقريب لا يصل قريبه، بل حصل بينهم التقاطع والتَّدابر، فتمر الشهور والسنون وهم في بلد واحد، فلا يتزاورون، ولا يتواصلون، وهذا لا شكَّ أنّه من ضعف الإِيمان، فإن الرسول ﷺ حثَّ على صلة الرّحم، وحذَّر من قطيعتها. وقال: "إن الله خَلَقَ الخلق، حتّى إذا فرغ منهم؛ قامت الرّحم، فقالت: هذا مقام العائذ بك من القطيعة؟ قال: نعم؛ أمّا ترضين أن أصل من وصلك وأقطع من قطعك؟ قالت: بلى. قال: فذاك لك". ثمّ قال رسول الله ﷺ: "اقرؤوا إن شئتُم: ﴿فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ (٢٢) أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَى أَبْصَارَهُمْ (٢٣) أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا﴾ (١) [محمّد: ٢٢ - ٢٤] وقال ﵊: "لا يدخلُ الجنَّة قاطع رحم" (٢). وأمّا سوء الجوارة فحدِّث عنه ولا حرج، فكم من جارٍ لا يعرف نجاره، ولا يتفقَّد أحواله؛ ليمدَّ يد العون إليه إن احتاج! بل ولا يَكُفُّ شرَّه عنه. وقد نهى النّبيّ ﷺ عن أذى الجار، فقال: "مَنْ كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر؛ فلا يؤذي جارَه" (٣).

(١) "صحيح مسلم"، كتاب البرّ والصلة والآداب، باب صلة الرّحم وتحريم قطيعتها، (١٦/ ١١٢ - مع شرح النووي). (٢) "صحيح مسلم" (١٦/ ١١٤ - مع شرح النووي). (٣) "صحيح مسلم"، كتاب الإِيمان، باب الحث على إكرام الجار والضيف، (٢/ ٢٠ - مع شرح النووي).