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The Teaching of Justice and Kindness Regarding Relatives 377 I fed them, after which I fed my hungry family and the cattle. O my Allah, if I did it entirely for your sake, please cause the rock to move aside a little. ' It so happened that instantly the rock moved aside so that one-third of the blockage was removed and the light started brightening the dark cave. After this, the Holy Prophet sa related some exceptional good deeds of the other two companions. At the conclusion of each one, the rock slid aside a little more, until after the third anecdote, the rock moved enough to leave a large enough passage for the trapped men to be able to walk out of the cave. 62 I have not related their stories in detail because they are not relevant to this discussion. I have only related the tale of the person who was exceptionally kind to his parents, to remind people that kindness to parents is a virtue exceptionally liked by Allah. The Holy Quran has not neglected the importance of justice anywhere or in any situation. Sometimes people fail to comprehend this subject and think that occasionally kindness clashes with the dictates of justice. However, it is possible to do kindness while adhering to the dictates of justice. According to the Holy Quran, of course it is highly essential to pay each person his dues, but after that the higher floors of kindness and of treatment like the treatment to the next of the kin can be built without contradiction. Allah declares, of course He has strongly admonished people to be extremely kind to their