<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) Loving and hating for Allah’s sake is one of the most important characteristics of faith. A believer has to disassociate himself from affection to the disbelievers with regard to their religion, since there should not be alliance between a Muslim and a disbeliever.<br> 2) The disbelieving relative is entitled to the right of upholding ties of kinship with him, but he is not entitled to the right of alliance which entails love and aid.<br> 3) The bond of Islam and brotherliness for the sake of the religion are greater than the bonds of blood, marriage, and interest.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> Ties that should be maintained are general and personal:<br> - General ties are those related to faith and knowledge; they should be maintained by mutual love and exchange of advice, enjoining adherence to the truth and patience, and fulfilling obligatory as well as recommended rights.<br> - Personal ties , on the other hand, refer to relationships that are based on blood, marriage, or breastfeeding.<br> The all-inclusive meaning of maintaining such ties is to extend good to them to the best of one’s ability, and avert evil from them to the best of his ability, as the situation may call for.<br> <br> <b>Words in the Hadith:</b><br> My ally: my supporter to whom I turn in all my affairs.