الشَّرَفُ اصْطِنَاعُ الْعَشِيرَةِ
Honour is doing good to one’s kinsfolk
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
أَكْرِمْ عَشِيرَتَكَ فَإِنَّهُمْ جَنَاحُكَ الَّذِي بِهِ تَطِيرُ وَأَصْلُكَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تَصِيرُ وَيَدُكَ الَّتِي بِهَا [بِهِ] تَصُولُ
Honour your family, for indeed they are your wings by which you fly, and your origin to which you return, and your hand by which you attack [the enemy]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
أَكْرِمْ ذَوِي رَحِمِكَ وَوَقِّرْ حَلِيمَهُمْ وَاحْلُمْ عَنْ سَفِيهِهِمْ وَتَيَسَّرْ لِمُعْسِرِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَ نِعْمَ الْعُدَّةُ فِي الشِّدَّةِ وَالرَّخَاءِ
Honour your near relatives, revere the forbearing from among them, be patient with the foolish among them and lighten the burden for the poor among them, for verily they are the best means of support [and assistance] in times of difficulty and ease
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
أَلَا لَا يَعْدِلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَنِ الْقَرَابَةِ يَرَى بِهَا الْخَصَاصَةَ أَنْ يَسُدَّهَا بِالَّذِي لَا يَزِيدُهُ إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُ وَلَا يَنْقُصُهُ إِنْ أَنْفَقَهُ
Beware! None of you should ever abandon [any of] his near relatives whom he finds in [a state of] poverty and [neither should he] desist in helping them with that which will not increase if he withholds it nor will it decrease if he spends it
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
بِرُّ الرَّجُلِ ذَوِي رَحِمِهِ صَدَقَةٌ
The kindness of a person towards his near relatives is a [form of] charity
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
عَلَيْكُمْ بِصَنَائِعِ الْإِحْسَانِ وَحُسْنِ الْبِرِّ بِذَوِي الرَّحِمِ وَالْجِيرَانِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَزِيدَانِ فِي الْأَعْمَارِ وَيَعْمُرَانِ الدِّيَارَ
Perform benevolent acts and do good to your near relatives and neighbours, for these two actions prolong life and make the lands prosper
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ يَقْبِضْ يَدَهُ عَنْ عَشِيرَتِهِ فَإِنَّمَا يَقْبِضُ يَداً وَاحِدَةً عَنْهُمْ وَيُقْبَضُ عَنْهُ أَيْدٍ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنْهُمْ
One who withholds his hand from [spending on] his family has only held back one hand from them but caused many hands to be withheld by them [against him]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
رُبَّ عَشِيرٍ غَيْرُ حَبِيبٍ
Many an associate is not a close friend
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
رُبَّ قَرِيبٍ أَبْعَدُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ
Many a near relative is farther away than one who is distant [or unrelated]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
عَدَاوَةُ الْأَقَارِبِ أَمَرُّ مِنْ لَسْعِ الْعَقَارِبِ
Enmity of near ones is more unpleasant than the sting of the scorpions
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ جَفَا أَهْلَ رَحِمِهِ [رَحْمَةٍ] فَقَدْ شَانَ كَرَمَهُ
One who wrongs his near relative has indeed disgraced his honour
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم