<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) Maintaining ties of kinship is a major reason for increasing one’s sustenance and prolonging one’s life term.<br> 2) One reaps what he sows, so whoever shows kindness to his relatives by maintaining ties with them, Allah will show him kindness by maintaining his sustenance and extending his lifespan.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> Allah Almighty, by His wisdom, made maintaining the ties of kinship a Shariah-valid reason for increasing the lifespan of the doer and expanding his sustenance. This does not go against the known fact that all this is predestined.<br> Just as belief and guidance, and disbelief and misguidance are all predestined and associated with causes, also lifespan and sustenance may increase or decrease in relation to their causes. For this reason, many reports have been reported on supplicating Allah Almighty for having a long life and abundant sustenance. So, O you who keenly wishes to live for long and receive abundant sustenance, hasten to piety and maintaining ties of kinship, for this is the best way thereto.