Ahadith

This hadith is the same as No. 299. (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates that a man came to the Holy Prophet and said: I wish to make a covenant with you to emigrate and fight in the cause of Allah, seeking my reward from Him. He inquired: Is either of your parents alive? The man said: Indeed, both of them. The Holy Prophet" asked him: Do you seek reward from Allah? The man said: Yes. The Holy Prophet said: Then return to your parents and serve them well (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: A man came and asked permission to join in the fighting. The Holy Prophet asked him: Are your parents alive? The man said: Yes. He said: Then find your fighting in serving them. (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)

Abdullah ibn Amr relates that the Holy Prophet said: One who reciprocates in doing good is not the one who upholds the ties of kinship. It is the one who upholds them when’ the other party sunders: them (Bokhari). (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)

Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: The womb is suspended from the Throne of Allah and proclaims: Allah will hold by him who holds by me, and Allah will cut asunder from him who cuts asunder from me (Bokhari and Muslim). (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)

Maimunah bint Harith, wife of the Holy Prophet, relates that she freed her bondwoman without asking the Holy Prophet. When he came to her in her turn she said to him: Messenger of Allah, do you know I have freed my bondwoman? He said: Indeed? She said: Yes. He said: Had you given her to your uncles it would have been more meritorious (Bokhari and Muslim). (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)

Asma‘a bint Abu Bakr relates: My mother came to visit me while she was a pagan and I inquired from the Holy Prophet: My mother has come to see me and she is hoping for something from me. Shall I gratify her? He said: Yes. Be benevolent towards your mother (Bokhari and Muslim). (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)

Zainab, wife of Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud, relates: The Holy Prophet addressed us and said: Spend in charity, ye women, even out of your ornaments. So I went to my husband and said to him: You are not well off and the Holy Prophet has ordered us to spend in charity. So do you go to him and ask him if my giving you something will count as charity, for if not I should give to someone else. Abdullah said: You had better go yourself. So I went and T found a woman from the Ansar also at the door of the Holy Prophet who was bent on the same errand as myself. But we were afraid to venture in on account of awe of the Holy Prophet. Presently Bilal came out and we said to him: Go to the Holy Prophet and tell him two women at the door want to know whether it would be charity if they were to spend on their husbands and on the orphans under their care, but do not tell him our names. Bilal went to the Holy Prophet and asked him: He inquired: Who are they? Bilal said: A woman of the Ansar and Zainab. He asked: Which of the Zainabs is she? Bilal said: The wife of Abdullah. The Holy Prophet said: They will have a double reward, for benevolence towards relatives and for charity (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Sufyan relates that in the course of his meeting with Hiraclius the latter asked him: What does this Prophet teach you? I said: He tells us to worship Allah, the One, and not to associate anything with Him, to discard what our ancestors said, and to perform the salat, tell the truth, keep chaste and exercise benevolence towards kindred (Bokhari and Muslim). (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)

Abu Dharr relates that the Holy Prophet said: You will soon" conquer the land of Egypt. Then treat its people kindly, for there are ties of guarantee and kinship with them (Muslim). (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)

Abu Hurairah relates that when this verse was revealed: Warn thy nearest kinsmen (26.215); the Holy Prophet summoned the Quraish and they all came. He said to them: O Bani Abd Shams, O Bani Ka‘ab ibn Lu‘ayy safeguard yourselves against the Fire; O Bani Murrah ibn Ka‘ab, safeguard yourselves against the Fire; O Bani Abd Manaf, safeguard yourselves against the Fire; O Bani Hashim, safeguard yourselves against the Fire; O Bani Abdul Muttalib, safeguard yourselves against the Fire; O Fatimah, safeguard thyself against the Fire, for I can avail you nothing against Allah. I have ties of kinship with you, and these I shall continue to honour (Muslim). (An-Nisa' 38, An-Nisa' 3, Ar-Ra`d 23, Al-`Ankabut 10, Luqman 16)