Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Good Relation with Relatives 24ـ وَعَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّ لِيَ ابْنَ عَ٠ٍّ أَصِلُهُ فَيَقْطَعُنِي وَأَصِلُهُ فَيَقْطَعُنِي حَتَّى لَقَدْ هَ٠ْتُ لِقَطِيعَتِهِ إِيَّايَ أَنْ أَقْطَعَهُ أَ تَأْذَنُ لِي قَطْعَهُ قَالَ إِنَّكَ إِذَا وَصَلْتَهُ وَقَطَعَكَ وَصَلَكُ٠َا الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَ٠ِيعاً وَإِنْ قَطَعْتَهُ وَقَطَعَكَ قَطَعَكُ٠24.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Once, I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘I have a cousin and with him I maintain the good relations that should be maintained with relatives, but he cuts it off. I establish it again and he cuts it off to the extent that 1 have begun to think of cutting it off also.

Will you grant me permission do so?’ The Imam said, ‘When you established the relation and he cut it off Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, established it for both of you. If both of you cut it off, Allah will also cut you off.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/384))