What does Silat ar-Rahim mean?
Maintaining ties with relatives.
Silat ar-Rahim explained
Whoever wishes his provision to be increased and his life extended should keep the ties of kinship, the Prophet ﷺ said. The one who truly keeps them is the one who reconnects when they are cut.
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What does Silat ar-Rahim mean?
Silat ar-Rahim (صِلَة الرَّحِم, Silat ar-Rahim) means: Maintaining ties with relatives.
How is Silat ar-Rahim written and pronounced in Arabic?
It is written صِلَة الرَّحِم and pronounced Silat ar-Rahim. It is also spelled Keeping ties of kinship.
Where does Silat ar-Rahim come from in the Quran or hadith?
Whoever wishes his provision to be increased and his life extended should keep the ties of kinship, the Prophet ﷺ said. The one who truly keeps them is the one who reconnects when they are cut. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5986, 5991.
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