a person in straitened circumstances, Allah will ease his affairs in this world and the Hereafter; and whoever veils a Muslim’s faults, Allah will veil him in this world and the Hereafter. Allah is ever at the servant’s aid so long as the servant is at his brother’s aid. Whoever treads a path seeking knowledge, Allah will make a path to Paradise easy for him. No people gather in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, without tranquility descending upon them, mercy enveloping them, the angels surrounding them, and Allah mentioning them to those in His presence. And whoever is slowed by his deeds will not be hastened forward by his lineage.”
Narrated by Muslim in his Ṣaḥīḥ.

The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—also said:

“The merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Show mercy to those on earth and the One above the heavens will show you mercy.”
Al-Tirmidhī declared it sound.

In another rigorously authentic report found in the Sunan, Allah the Exalted says:

“I am al-Raḥmān. I created the raḥim (the womb, i.e., the ties of kinship) and derived for it a name from My own name…”