Hadith #156
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ اشْتَكَى أَبُو الرَّدَّادِ فَعَادَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو الرَّدَّادِ خَيْرُهُمْ وَأَوْصَلُهُمْ مَا عَل
ِمْتُ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَا اللَّهُ وَأَنَا الرَّحْمَنُ خَلَقْتُ الرَّحِمَ وَشَقَقْتُ لَهَا مِنْ اسْمِي فَمَنْ وَصَلَهَا وَصَلْتُهُ وَمَنْ قَطَعَهَا بَتَتُّهُ
Isnad Chain
سفيان
الزهري
أبي سلمة
English Translation
Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah, who said: Abu al-Raddad fell ill, and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (رضي الله عنه) visited him. Abu al-Raddad said: 'The best of them and the most connected in kinship, as far as I know, is Abu Muhammad.' 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Allah (عز وجل) said: I am Allah, and I am al-Rahman. I created al-rahim (the ties of kinship) and derived its name from My Name. Whoever maintains it, I will maintain ties with him, and whoever severs it, I will sever ties with him.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 8, Hadith 156
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 1594
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-37984