“Special emphasis has been laid in the Holy Qur’an and the Ahaadith on maintaining good family ties. Rasulullah SAW has said that, the reward for Sadaqah given to one’s own family is doubled.
When Ummul Mu’mineen Hadhrat Maimunah (RA) set free a slave-girl, Rasulullah SAW told her that it would have been better if she had given her away to her own uncle. Hence, if there is no other important religious duty, it is better to give Sadaqah to a relative rather than to anyone else. However, in meeting a religious need for the cause of Allah , the reward is multiplied seven hundred times. Numerous encouraging rewards are promised in the Holy Qur’an and Ahaadith for the maintaining of family ties, while punishments are indicated for breaking relationships.
In this book only a few Aayaat about the virtues and punishments have been selected and thereafter a few Ahaadith
have been discussed.”
