What is the Least Amount of Sileh Rahmi That is Wajib

Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Rahim What is the Least Amount of Sileh Rahmi That is Wajib Every kind of Sileh Rahmi, the failure of which is viewed as a sort of Qat-e-Rahmi, is obligatory for us. For example, if a person is unable to fulfill his needs due to poverty or is unable to get medical aid for any reason, or is in debt; and he approaches a rich relative for help; it is obligatory on the rich person to help him. Even if the rich person is not approached directly but comes to know the predicament of his poor relative, it is obligatory on him to help this less fortunate relative. The wealthy man who fails to carry out these obligations will be guilty of Qat-e-Rahmi. It is however not obligatory for a person to help his poor relative if he...

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The Meaning of Sileh Rahmi and Qat-e-Rahmi

The Meaning of Sileh Rahmi and Qat-e-Rahmi The Shariat of Islam has not provided any fixed definition for these two terms. In this case the meaning as judged by common sense and reason must be accepted. We must consider all the relatives from the father's side and mother's side, irrespective of whether they are close or distant, to be our kith and kin who have a right on us. In the same way the children of the daughters and their descendant also come in this category as the Quran says: 'Those who join together (do Sileh Rahmi) those things which Allah has commanded to be joined." (Surah Raad 13:21)    Quran states about sileh rehmi or good relations with kith an kin Urwah Ibne-Yazeed asked Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) the...

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