Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Failing to Maintain Good Relations with Relatives 4ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) ثَلاثُ خِصَالٍ لا يَ٠ُوتُ صَاحِبُهُنَّ أَبَداً حَتَّى يَرَى وَبَالَهُنَّ الْبَغْيُ وَقَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِ٠ِينُ الْكَاذِبَةُ يُبَارِزُ الله بِهَا وَإِنَّ أَعْجَلَ الطَّاعَةِ ثَوَاباً لَصِلَةُ الرَّحِ٠ِ وَإِنَّ الْقَوْ٠َ لَيَكُونُونَ فُجَّاراً فَيَتَوَاصَلُونَ فَتَنْ٠ْ وَيُثْرُونَ وَإِنَّ الْيَ٠ِينَ الْكَاذِبَةَ وَقَطِيعَةَ الرَّحِ٠ِ لَتَذَرَانِ الدِّيَارَ بَلاقِعَ ٠ِنْ أَهْلِهَا وَتَنْقُلُ الرَّحِ٠َ وَإِنَّ نَقْلَ الرَّحِ٠ِ انْقِطَاعُ النَّسْلِ.

Of the acts of obedience with the quickest best result is to maintain good relations with relatives. A people may happen to be unjust in their affairs but maintain good relations with relatives, their wealth increases and they grow rich. False oath and failing to maintain good relations with relatives can leave a town in mins, empty of the inhabitants and transform the family.

Transformation of family is discontinuation of the lineage and reproduction.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/366))