Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Failing to Maintain Good Relations with Relatives ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ ٠َنْصُورٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) اتَّقُوا الْحَالِقَةَ فَإِنَّهَا تُ٠ِيتُ الرِّجَالَ قُلْتُ وَ٠َا الْحَالِقَةُ قَالَ قَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِ٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Muhammad ibn Ali from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl from Hudhayfah ibn Mansur who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Be afraid of al -Haliqah; it kills men.’ 1 then asked, ‘What is al-HaliqahV The Imam said, ‘It is failing to maintain good relations with relatives.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/364))