300 hadith
Someone said to Suhayb, "Fear Allah and do not claim descent from anyone other than your father." Suhayb replied, "It would not please me to have such and such wealth and to have said that. But I was stolen as a child."
البخاري 2219SahihUbayy said, "We were instructed that when a man boasts of his lineage..." and he mentioned something similar.
أحمد 21235HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "You claim that my kinship will not benefit my people. By Allah, my ties of kinship are joined in this world and the next. On the Day of Resurrection, a group of people will be raised before me and ordered toward the…
أحمد 11345HasanI was sitting with Ibn Abbas when a man came to him and said, "It is you?" He then mentioned a distant kinship he had with him, and Ibn Abbas spoke gently to him. Ibn Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Learn your lineages so that…
الأعظمي 1221SahihMuawiya bin Abu Sufyan ordered Saad, saying, "What prevented you from cursing Abu Turab?" Saad replied, "As long as I remember three things that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about him, I will never curse him. To have any one of them would…
الأعظمي 9911SahihTwo men traced their lineages in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. One of them said, "I am so-and-so, son of so-and-so. Who are you, may you have no mother?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Two men traced their lineages in the time of…
أحمد 21178SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "It is disbelief for a person to claim a lineage that is not his, or to deny his own lineage, however slight it may be."
ابن ماجه 2744HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to Ali, when he left him behind on one of his military expeditions. Ali asked, "Are you leaving me behind with the women and children?" He replied, "Ali, are you not pleased to be to me in the position…
أحمد 1608SahihI came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as part of a delegation, and they did not consider me the most distinguished among them. I said, "Messenger of Allah, we claim that you are one of us." He replied, "We are the descendants of Nadr bin…
الأعظمي 8499HasanTwo men traced their lineages against one another in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. One of them said, "I am so-and-so, son of so-and-so. Who are you, you who have no mother?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Two men traced their…
الأعظمي 15019HasanMuawiya bin Abu Sufyan ordered Saad, asking him, "What prevents you from cursing Abu Turab?" Saad replied, "As long as I remember three things that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about him, I will never curse him. To have any one of them…
مسلم 6220SahihAs for the three things the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about him, I will never insult him, for if even one of them were said about me, it would be more beloved to me than red camels. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to Ali, when he had…
الترمذي 3724SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The womb of kinship is suspended from the Throne. The one who truly upholds family ties is not the one who merely returns what he receives, but the one who restores the bond when his relatives have severed…
الأعظمي 284SahihA man said, "So-and-so is my son." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There are no claims of adopted lineage in Islam."
أحمد 6971SahihI came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as part of the delegation from Kindah, and they regarded me as the most distinguished among them. I said, "Messenger of Allah, are you not from us?" He replied, "We are the descendants of Nadr bin Kinanah.…
الأعظمي 9780HasanThis verse was revealed concerning us, "*And those related by blood are nearer to one another in the Book of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of all things*" [Ahzab 33:6]. He explained, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had established a bond of…
الأعظمي 12426HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The ties of kinship are suspended from the Throne. The one who truly upholds them is not the one who merely returns the favor, but the one who restores the bond when his relatives have severed it from him."
أحمد 6524SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, my father used to maintain ties of kinship and do such and such." He replied, "Your father sought something and attained it," meaning a good reputation.
الأعظمي 179HasanI heard the Prophet ﷺ say from this pulpit, "What is the matter with Some men who claim that the kinship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ does not benefit his relatives? Indeed, by Allah, my kinship is connected in this world and the next.…
أحمد 11138HasanUbayy said, "We used to be commanded that whenever a man boasted of his lineage…" and he mentioned the like of it.
أحمد 21237HasanAs for the one about whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Had I been to take a close friend from this nation, I would have taken him, but the bond of Islam is superior," or he said, "is better," he placed him in the position of a father, or…
البخاري 6738SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say from this pulpit, "What is the matter with Some men who claim that the kinship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ does not benefit his relatives? Indeed, by Allah, my ties of kinship are joined in this world…
الأعظمي 850HasanI heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Whoever claims descent from someone other than his father, knowing that the man is not his father, Paradise is forbidden to him." I mentioned this to Abu Bakra, and he said, "I heard it too. My own ears heard it…
البخاري 6767SahihA man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "Messenger of Allah, whom should I treat with kindness?" He replied, "Your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, and your freed slave who is closely connected to you. This is an obligatory…
أبو داود 5140DaifI asked, "Messenger of Allah, who is most deserving of my kindness?" He replied, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Then your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Your mother, then your father, then those closest in kinship…
أحمد 20048DifficultI came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as part of a delegation from Kindah. Affan said, "They saw me as the most distinguished among them." I said, "Messenger of Allah, we claim that you belong to us." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "We are…
أحمد 21845HasanI came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a delegation from Kindah, and I considered myself the most distinguished among them. I said, "Messenger of Allah, are you not from us?" He replied, "We are the descendants of Nadr bin Kinanah. We do…
ابن ماجه 2612HasanSalim used to hear him narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, at the time he placed Usama bin Zayd in command, that word reached him that people were criticizing Usama and challenging his appointment as commander. So the Messenger of Allah…
أحمد 5848SahihThere was some friction between them, meaning between Ibn Abbas and Ibn Zubayr. So I went early to Ibn Abbas and said, "Do you intend to fight Ibn Zubayr and thereby violate the sanctuary of Allah?" He replied, "Allah forbid. Allah has…
الأعظمي 10239SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The womb of kinship is attached to the Throne. The one who maintains ties is not the one who reciprocates, but rather the one who, when his relatives sever ties with him, still maintains them." Yazid said,…
أحمد 6817SahihI was sitting with Abdullah bin Utba bin Masud, whom Ibn Zubayr had appointed as judge, when a letter from Ibn Zubayr arrived for him. "Peace be upon you. To proceed, you wrote asking me about the grandfather. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,…
أحمد 16107SahihI asked, "Messenger of Allah, who is most deserving of my kind treatment?" He replied, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He replied, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He replied, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He replied, "Then…
الأعظمي 14032HasanI heard Saad, who was the first to shoot an arrow in the cause of Allah, and Abu Bakrah, who had scaled the fortress of Taif along with a group of men and then came to the Prophet ﷺ. They both said, "We heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'Whoever…
البخاري 4326-4327SahihI was in the masjid while Marwan was delivering a sermon, and Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Bakr said, "By Allah, he never appointed anyone from his own family as successor." Marwan said, "You are the one about whom this was revealed, *'And the one…
الأعظمي 10174HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "It is disbelief for a person to claim a lineage that is not his, or to deny his true lineage, however slight it may be."
الأعظمي 6634HasanUmar bin Khattab used to bring Ibn Abbas close to him, so Abd al-Rahman bin Awf said to him, "We have sons like him." Umar replied, "He is from where you know." Then Umar asked Ibn Abbas about this verse, *"When the help of Allah comes and…
الأعظمي 9312SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Learn enough of your lineages to maintain your family ties, for keeping the bonds of kinship brings love among relatives, increase in wealth, and a longer life."
أحمد 8868HasanI asked, "Messenger of Allah, who is most deserving of my devotion?" He replied, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He replied, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He replied, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He replied, "Then your…
الترمذي 1897HasanI came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as part of a delegation who considered me the most distinguished among them. I said, "Messenger of Allah, we claim that you are from us." He replied, "We are the descendants of Nadr bin Kinanah. We do not…
أحمد 21839HasanHassan said, "Messenger of Allah, give me permission to respond to Abu Sufyan." The Prophet ﷺ said, "How can you, given my kinship with him?" Hassan replied, "By the One who has honored you, I will pull you out from among them as a hair is…
مسلم 6393SahihHe heard a man say, "Son of the disciple of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ!" He replied, "If you mean the family of Zubayr, then yes. Otherwise, no."
الأعظمي 9945SahihThere had been some dispute between them, so I went early to Ibn Abbas and said, "Do you want to fight Ibn Zubayr and thus violate the sacred precincts of Allah?" He replied, "Allah forbid! Allah has decreed that Ibn Zubayr and the sons of…
البخاري 4665SahihWe came in to see Ibn Abbas, and he said, "Are you not astonished at Ibn Zubayr taking up this affair of his? I said to myself, I will hold myself accountable to him in a way I never did for Abu Bakr or for Umar, though those two were more…
البخاري 4666SahihI asked Zayd bin Arqam, saying to him, "A son-in-law of mine reported to me from you a hadith concerning Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, on the day of Ghadir Khumm. I would love to hear it from you directly." He replied, "You people of…
أحمد 19279SahihA man boasted of his tribal lineage, so Ubayy told him to bite his father's private part. The people said to him, "You were never one to speak obscenely." He replied, "We were commanded to do this."
أحمد 21218HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Among the most righteous acts of devotion is a child's maintaining ties with the loved ones of his father."
الأعظمي 14046SahihA man came to Ibn Abbas and questioned him, and Sulayman bin Dawud reported to us, saying that Shuba informed us, that Abdul-Malik said, "I heard Tawsa say that a man asked Ibn Abbas about the meaning of Allah's saying, *'Say, I do not ask…
أحمد 2024SahihI came to Madinah, and Abdullah bin Umar came to me and asked, "Do you know why I have come to you?" I replied, "No." He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever wishes to maintain ties with his father in his grave, let him…
الأعظمي 14047SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, my father used to maintain ties of kinship and do such and such. Will he be rewarded for that?" He replied, "Your father sought something and attained it."
أحمد 19386HasanI asked, "Messenger of Allah, who is most deserving of my devotion?" He replied, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He said, "Your mother." I asked, "Messenger of Allah, then who?" He said, "Your mother." I asked, "Then who?" He said,…
أحمد 20028DifficultWhen this verse was revealed, *"Say, come, let us call our sons and your sons"* [Al Imran 3:61], the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn, and said, "Allah, these are my family."
الأعظمي 12072SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say openly, not in secret, "The family of so-and-so, meaning a certain person, are not my allies. My ally is only Allah and the righteous believers." In Bukhari's narration, "But they have ties of kinship…
الأعظمي 14060SahihI was with Ayesha when the Prophet ﷺ entered and said, "Bring me water for ablution." Ayesha and I both rushed for the water jug, but I got to it first. He performed his ablution, then raised his eyes to me, or glanced at me, and said, "You…
أحمد 27433DaifHe said, "The chain of transmission is part of the religion. Were it not for the chain, anyone could say whatever they wished." Muhammad bin Abdullah said, Abbas bin Abu Razma narrated to me, he said, I heard Abdullah saying, "Between us…
مسلم 32SahihI walked along with Uthman bin Affan, and he said, "Messenger of Allah, you gave to the sons of Muttalib and left us out, even though we and they stand in the same relation to you." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "The sons of Hashim and the sons of…
البخاري 3502SahihA bedouin man met him on the road to Mecca. Abdullah greeted him, mounted him on a donkey he had been riding, and gave him the turban he had been wearing on his head. Ibn Dinar said, We said to him, "May Allah set you right, these are…
مسلم 6513Sahihbefore we met him, he said regarding it, "They are counted as belonging to their fathers." When Zuhri came to us, I sought him out on this point, but he did not say that. Instead he said, "They are better than them."
أحمد 16685SahihZiyad informed me that Salih, the freed slave of al-Tawamah, told him that he heard Ibn Abbas narrating from the Prophet ﷺ, "Kinship is a branch attached to the waist-wrap of the Most Merciful. He maintains ties with whoever maintains it,…
أحمد 2953SahihIbn Abbas [[r3]] spoke about the verse *"except affection toward kinship"* [Shura 42:23]. Saeed bin Jubayr said, "It means kinship with Muhammad ﷺ." Ibn Abbas replied, "There was not a single clan of Quraysh in which the Prophet ﷺ did not…
البخاري 3497SahihWhen this verse was revealed, *"Then say, 'Come, let us call our sons and your sons'"* [Al Imran 3:61], the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn, and said, "O Allah, these are my family."
الأعظمي 13063Sahih