Dear Islamic brothers! Showing respect to the close relatives, behaving gracefully towards them and maintaining ties with them forever is surely a privilege but alas! At present some people either maintain ties due to some compulsion or due to any vested interest whereas naïve Muslims, due to their personal reasons, get displease with their relatives unnecessarily and do not like to meet them for many years, and if, ever, they come across at any time, they even dislike to see one another and some even comment: ‘We are good to those who are good to us and those who are bad for us we are bad for them.’ It is for the reason, some people invite only those relatives who invite them or they have any vested interest in it. On contrary, poor relatives are not invited due to their poverty and they also do not like to maintain ties with them even to the extent of saying Salam etc. Thus even the relatives deserving Zakah are constantly ignored.

In short! Now the spirit of affection, sincerity and devotion seem to have faded amongst the relatives even though our Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Do not cut ties with one another, do not turn away, do not have grudge, do not bear jealousy, and O the bondmen of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Be friend with one another, it is not permissible for any Muslim to desert his brother for more than three days. (Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 3, pp. 376, Hadees 1942)

بھائی حق مت مارنا گھر بار کا                 ورنہ ہوگا مُستَحِق تُو نار کا

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! There was a time when each and every Muslim was respectful, observed good manners and decorum honouring one another and reflected excellent etiquettes. They were decent and morally upright as well as they were paradigm of following Sunnah of the Holy Nabi صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Let alone son and daughter to look their parents in the eyes, disciples and students to look their spiritual guides and teachers in the eyes, they would even feel afraid standing before teachers and parents, during conversation they would keep their eyes lowered. They would suppress their voices and would obey their instruction. Even in their absence, they would show respect,