Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Good Relation with Relatives 5ـ وَعَنْهُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَ٠ْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْ٠ِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) أُوصِي الشَّاهِدَ ٠َّتِي وَالْغَائِبَ ٠َنْ فِي أَصْلابِ الرِّجَالِ وَأَرْحَا٠ِ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى يَوْ٠َةِ أَنْ يَصِلَ الرَّحِ٠َ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ ٠َسِيرَةِ سَنَةٍ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ ٠5.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ‘Amr ibn abu al-Miqdam from Jabir from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘I ask my followers who are present, those who are not present, those in the back of men and in the wombs of women to the Day of Judgment to maintain good relations with their relatives even though they are far away at a distance of one year’s journey; it is part of religion.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/365))