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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
القسم الخامس: مسائل الترهيب من الكبائر وسائر المعاصيFifth Section: Issues Warning Against Major Sins and All Other Sins
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي التَّرْهِيبِ مِنْ قَطْعِ صِلَةِ الرَّحِيمِChapter on what has been narrated regarding warning against severing family ties
Hadith 9693
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَنْبَانِ مُعَجَّلَانِ لَا يُؤَخَّرَانِ الْبَغْيُ وَقَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِمِ
(Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The punishment for two sins is hastened, and there is no delay in them: rebellion (oppression) and severing of family ties.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In our society, humanity is divided into two groups: (1) those entangled in difficulties from the very beginning of life, and (2) those raised in luxury and comfort from the outset of life.
The first group has no idea of comfort and ease, while the second group has no conception of hardship and toil.
From another perspective, there are also two types: (1) the compelled, subdued, and oppressed, and (2) the oppressor, tyrant, and miscreant.
The first group has no sense of freedom and independence, while the second has no awareness of servitude to Allah Ta'ala and slavery to His servants.
The truth of the aforementioned hadith is unclear to these four groups; this and other similar ahadith can serve as a lesson only for that servant who attains mental tranquility due to good deeds and experiences anxiety and restlessness because of evil, and who attributes his losses to Allah Ta'ala and reflects upon their causes, while also understanding all forms of good and evil.
Maintaining ties of kinship (silat ar-rahm) and keeping relations with all relatives is a great virtue and noble trait, but the sense of being deprived of this quality and then the realization of its evil consequences will only be felt by that individual who, for some time, fulfills all the requirements of maintaining kinship in the light of Shari‘ah. The same applies to oppression and rebellion, that under the principle of "for every rise there is a fall" (li-kulli ‘urūjin zawāl), oppressors face helplessness, destitution, mental torment, and humiliation even in their own lifetimes. The examples of tyrants like Abu Jahl and Pharaoh are sufficient. Consider the final days of every oppressive ruler in any country; perhaps they would wish that the throne of power had never come into their destiny at all.
The first group has no idea of comfort and ease, while the second group has no conception of hardship and toil.
From another perspective, there are also two types: (1) the compelled, subdued, and oppressed, and (2) the oppressor, tyrant, and miscreant.
The first group has no sense of freedom and independence, while the second has no awareness of servitude to Allah Ta'ala and slavery to His servants.
The truth of the aforementioned hadith is unclear to these four groups; this and other similar ahadith can serve as a lesson only for that servant who attains mental tranquility due to good deeds and experiences anxiety and restlessness because of evil, and who attributes his losses to Allah Ta'ala and reflects upon their causes, while also understanding all forms of good and evil.
Maintaining ties of kinship (silat ar-rahm) and keeping relations with all relatives is a great virtue and noble trait, but the sense of being deprived of this quality and then the realization of its evil consequences will only be felt by that individual who, for some time, fulfills all the requirements of maintaining kinship in the light of Shari‘ah. The same applies to oppression and rebellion, that under the principle of "for every rise there is a fall" (li-kulli ‘urūjin zawāl), oppressors face helplessness, destitution, mental torment, and humiliation even in their own lifetimes. The examples of tyrants like Abu Jahl and Pharaoh are sufficient. Consider the final days of every oppressive ruler in any country; perhaps they would wish that the throne of power had never come into their destiny at all.
