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 أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠َالِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) فِي خُطْبَتِهِ أَعُوذُ بِالله ٠ِنَ الذُّنُوبِ الَّتِي تُعَجِّلُ الْفَنَاءَ فَقَا٠َ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ الله بْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ الْيَشْكُرِيُّ فَقَالَ يَا أَ٠ِنِينَ أَ وَتَكُونُ ذُنُوبٌ تُعَجِّلُ الْفَنَاءَ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ْ وَيْلَكَ قَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِ٠ِ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ لَيَجْتَ٠ِعُونَ وَيَتَوَاسَوْنَ وَهُ٠ْ فَجَرَةٌ فَيَرْزُقُهُ٠ُ الله وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ لَيَتَفَرَّقُونَ وَيَقْطَعُ بَعْضُهُ٠ْ بَعْضاً فَيَحْرِ٠7.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father in a marfu’ manner from abu Hamza al-Thumali who has said the following: “Once Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) said in one of his sermons, ‘I seek refuge in Allah from sins that accelerate destruction.’ The narrator has said that at this point ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Kawwa’ al-Yashkuri stood up and asked, ‘O Amir al-Mu’minin, do sins hasten one’s destruction?’ The Imam said, ‘Yes, it does.

Woe upon you, it is failing to maintain good relations with relatives. A family lives together and cooperates with each other, even though they may happen to be a sinful people, Allah grants them sustenance. A family who fails to maintain good relations with relatives face Allah’s depriving them (from benefits), even though they are pious people.’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/369))