Hadith #482
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ أَتَى ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رَجُلٌ فَسَأَلَهُ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَنْبَأَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَاوُسًا يَقُولُ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ الْم
َعْنَى عَنْ قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى } فَقَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ قَرَابَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَجِلْتَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَطْنٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِلَّا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهِمْ قَرَابَةٌ فَنَزَلَتْ { قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى } إِلَّا أَنْ تَصِلُوا قَرَابَةَ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ
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English Translation
Yahya narrated from Shu'bah, 'Abd al-Malik ibn Maysarah narrated to me, from Tawus, who said: A man came to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him — and Sulayman ibn Dawud said: Shu'bah informed us, 'Abd al-Malik informed me, saying: I heard Tawus say: A man asked Ibn 'Abbas about the saying of Allah (عز وجل): {Say: I do not ask you for any reward except love for the near relatives} [42:23]. Sa'id ibn Jubayr said: '(It means) the relatives of Muhammad ﷺ.' Ibn 'Abbas said: 'You have been hasty. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had kinship ties in every clan of the Quraysh. So it was revealed: {Say: I do not ask you for any reward except love for the near relatives} — meaning: except that you maintain the kinship ties between me and you.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 8, Hadith 482
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 1920
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38310