Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Adab (Good Manners)

15- بَابُ لَيْسَ الْوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِي:

(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.

1 hadith · references 5991–5991

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Bukhari · 5991لَيْسَ الْوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِئِ ، وَلَكِنِ الْوَاصِلُ الَّذِي إِذَا قُطِعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَاThe 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."7 narrators