Never Sever What Allah {SWT} Has Bidden to Be Forever Joined.

“And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined and have awe of their Lord and fear the evil of reckoning.”—Surah Ra’ad Q13:21

It is narrated in Al-Kafi that Abdullah Mahaz spoke some harsh words to the Imam in the morning. The Imam observed patience and did not reply to any of his statements. 

When the Imam met him again in the evening, he {the Imam} said with utmost humility:

“You always talk of such things that are not accepted by us.”

“O Abu Muhammad! Do you {not} know {that} kindness to relatives is a cause for reduction in divine chastisement?”

The Imam continued. He said this statement of mine is testified by the saying of Allah {SWT}:

“And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined and have awe of their Lord and fear the evil of reckoning.”

After this, Abdullah Mahaz acknowledge his mistake and said:

 “Now you will not find me as one who breaks off relations.”

In the last moments of his life, Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq {R} summoned all the relatives who gathered around him and he made monetary bequest to each of them. He also willed seventy dinars to his cousin, Hassan Aftas. 

A servant of the Imam said: “You are leaving seventy dinars for Hassan Aftas, while he is the same person who had assassinated you with a sword.”

The Imam became angry at this and said, “Do you want that I should not accord kindness to relatives and not be included among those who are described as joining that which Allah {SWT} has bidden to be joined.”

Know that I am making bequest of money to Hassan Aftas because the Messenger of Allah {SAW} has said:

“The one who severs the ties of kinship will not enter Jannah.” {Al-Bukhari}

May we not be among those who will sever what the Lord has bidden to be joined, no matter what our relatives may have done. Aameen.

PS: Reference: Morals and Manners of the Household of the Prophet {S}.