What is the ruling and importance of maintaining kinship ties?
2026-09-21
F81 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn Bāz
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز
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النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
حكم صلة الأرحام؟
الجواب
واجبة، يقول النبي ﷺ: من أحب أن يبسط له في رزقه وأن ينسأ له في أثره فليصل رحمه، ويقول في الحديث الصحيح الآخر في الرحم: من وصلها وصلته، ومن قطعها بتته، والله يقول: فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَى أَبْصَارَهُمْ [محمد:22-23]، وفي الحديث الآخر: لا يدخل الجنة قاطع رحم.
English translation
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Original question
What is the ruling on maintaining ties of kinship?
Answer
It is obligatory. The Prophet ﷺ says: “Whoever would like his provision to be expanded and his lifespan to be extended should maintain his ties of kinship.” In another authentic hadith concerning kinship, he reports: “Whoever maintains it, I maintain a bond with him; whoever severs it, I cut him off.” Allah says: “Would you, if you turned away, spread corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship? Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed, making them deaf and blinding their sight” [Muḥammad 47:22–23]. Another hadith says: “One who severs ties of kinship will not enter Paradise.”
Source and editorial notes
Official Ibn Bāz website fatwa 6831
الموقع الرسمي للشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز
Official website of Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz
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