صحيح البخاري

Hadith 5991

Book 78: The Book of Al-Adab (Good Manners)

كِتَاب الْأَدَبِ

Chapter 15

(15) Chapter. Al-Wasil (the one who keeps good relations with his kith and kin) is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives.

15- بَابُ لَيْسَ الْوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِي:

English narration

Narrated by عبد الله بن عمرو السهمي

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Al-Wasil is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives, but Al-Wasil is the one who keeps good relations with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him."

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، وَالْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، وَفِطْرٍ ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ الْأَعْمَشُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَرَفَعَهُ حَسَنٌ ، وَفِطْرٌ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : "

لَيْسَ الْوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِئِ ، وَلَكِنِ الْوَاصِلُ الَّذِي إِذَا قُطِعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَا

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5991In-book: Book 78, Hadith 5991

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