The Methods of Silatu 'r-Rahm
How should we do silatu 'r-rahm? Silatu 'r-rahm, as mentioned earlier, means keeping strong ties with one's relatives. There is no one way of doing silatu 'r-rahm. For example, in one hadith, the Prophet said, “Do silatu 'r-rahm even if it is by saying salÄm.” Silatu 'r-rahm can take different forms: • not giving any trouble to one's relatives; • dealing with relatives on the basis of love and Islamic ethics; • participating in ones’ relatives' sorrow and joy; • helping them financially.
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This lesson is based on `Allamah Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi's
The Family Life of Isam (Revised Edition, 1980)
with additions and modifications made for this course.