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• Reciprocating offense with kindness is most likely expected to make the offender return to the truth, as Allah Almighty says: {Repel evil with what is good; the one whom you have enmity with will become as if he were a close friend.}
• Obeying Allah's command, even if one is subject to harm, is a cause for the believer to receive support from Allah.
• Severing kinship ties entails pain and torment in this world as well as guilt and recompense in the Hereafter.
• A Muslim should seek reward from Allah for his righteous deeds and should not stop his kind habit because of people's abuse and their severing ties with him.
• The upholder of kinship ties is not the one who maintains ties with those who maintain ties with him; rather, the true upholder of kinship ties is the one who maintains ties with those who sever ties with him.

Categories : Virtues · Merits of Maintaining Kinship Ties · Virtues and Manners