Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣadiq (as): Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regards to God's verse: “Be wary of Allah, in whose Name you adjure one another and [of severing ties with] blood relations.”, said: 'It refers to people's blood relations, with whom Allah has ordered the ties to be maintained and has venerated them. Do you not see that He has mentioned them alongside His own name?' al-Kāfī