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Rights of the Relatives and the Ease in Reckoning
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Rights of the Relatives and the Ease in Reckoning
The Creator of the Universe, Almighty Allah remarks in the Holy Qur’an:
“Certainly Allah orders equity, kindness (to people) and the giving (of what they need) to the relatives.”
(Surah an-Nahl 16:90)
In Surah ar-RÄ’d is the following verse:
“And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined and have awe of their Lord and fear the evil reckoning.”
(Surah ar-RÄ’d 13:21)
The expression ‘reckoning’ in this Ayat denotes the accounting of one’s deeds with regard to his duty of kindness towards relatives. This Ayat shows that kindness towards the kith and kin shall be an important factor to ease the difficulty of the accounting for one’s deeds.
Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) explains as follows:
“Kindness to relatives makes the reckoning (of the Hereafter) easy.”
(BihÄr al-AnwÄr)
