No Discrimination Between the Affluent and the Poor Relatives It is generally observed that people tend to behave graciously towards their wealthy relatives and avoid the poor ones. The faith of Islam does not differentiate or discriminate between the rich and the poor relatives. What is important is the closeness of relationship. The more closely a person is related to you, the more important and necessary it is to fulfill his rights. What is Sileh Rahmi? Any behaviour which is generally regarded by people as good, kind, gracious or obligatory, when directed towards your relatives is Sileh Rahmi. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (a.s.) says: The kindness towards relative and goodness towards the believing brother makes easy your reckoning on the Day of Judgement and protects you from sins. So you should be kind to your relatives and be good to your believing brothers even if it is as little as a sincere salaam (salutation) or a hearty reply to a salaam. (Al Kafi) At another place the Sixth Imam (a.s.) remarks: Do Sileh Rahmi towards your relatives and the near ones even if it is just by offering a glass of water to them. (Wasaelush Shia)
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