Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 5991

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Al-Wāṣil (the one who keeps good relations with his kith and kin) is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives.

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Darussalam · Volume 8

78 - THE BOOK OF AL-ADAB

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الحديث: 5991 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 6

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5991. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Al-Wāṣil is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives, but Al-Wāṣil is the one who keeps good relations with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him."

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5991 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، وَالحَسَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَفِطْرٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو: - قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ الأَعْمَشُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَرَفَعَهُ حَسَنٌ وَفِطْرٌ - عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَيْسَ الوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِئِ، وَلَكِنِ الوَاصِلُ الَّذِي إِذَا قُطِعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَا»

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  1. 1

    (1) (H. 5990) In the place of (so-and-so).

  2. 2

    (2) (H. 5990) It means: (a) to visit them, (b) to help them financially, and (c) to speak to them with good words.