حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Kindness to parents and maintaining kinship ties: On the authority of Ibn Sirin, he said: Uthman, may God be pleased with him, said: Umar used to withhold from his relatives seeking the pleasure of God, and I give to my relatives for the sake of God, and no one like Umar will ever be seen. [Uyun al-Akhbar 3/88].

Kindness to parents and maintaining kinship ties: On the authority of Asbagh bin Zaid, he said: What prevented Uways, may God have mercy on him, from going to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was his kindness to his mother. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/300].

Kindness to parents and maintaining kinship ties: It was said to Ali bin Al-Hussein, may God have mercy on him: You are one of the most dutiful people, yet we do not see you eating with your mother. He said: I fear that my hand might reach for something that her eye has already seen, and thus I would have disobeyed her. [Uyun Al-Akhbar 3/101].

Kindness to parents and maintaining kinship ties: It was said to Omar bin Dharr, may God have mercy on him: How kind was your son to you? He said: I never walked during the day except that he walked behind me, nor at night except that he walked in front of me, nor did he climb onto a roof while I was below him. [Uyun al-Akhbar 3/101].

Kindness to parents and maintaining kinship ties: Al-Ma’mun said: I have not seen anyone more kind to his father than Al-Fadl ibn Yahya, may God have mercy on him. His kindness to him was such that Yahya would not perform ablution except with heated water while they were in prison. The jailer prevented them from bringing in firewood on a cold night, so when Yahya went to his bed, Al-Fadl got up and went to a kettle in which water was heated, filled it, and then brought it close to the lamp’s fire. He remained standing with it in his hand until morning. [Uyun al-Akhbar 3/102].