Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Kinship is derived from the Merciful. Allah said: ‘Who maintains you, I maintain; who severs you, I sever.’”
Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: ‘I am Allah, I am the Merciful; I created kinship and derived its name from Mine. Who maintains it, I maintain; who severs it, I sever.’”
Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Kinship hangs from the Throne, saying: ‘Who maintains me, Allah maintains; who severs me, Allah severs.’”
Abdullah ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The maintainer is not the reciprocator; the maintainer is who, when his kinship is severed, maintains it.”
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have relatives I maintain ties with but they sever, I do good to them but they do evil to me, I am forbearing with them but they are ignorant toward me.” He said: “If you are as you say, it is as if 1 you feed them hot ashes, and Allah will continue supporting you against them as long as you continue thus.”
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it is as if you feed them…
(1) His statement: “it is as if you feed them…”: At-Tawrabushti said: Your goodness to them, when they repay with evil, rebounds harmfully on them, as if your goodness is feeding them fire. [As stated in Al-Mirqat]
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قوله
(۱) قوله : فكأنها تسفهم : قال التور بشتي : أي إحسانك إليهم إذا كانوا يقابلونه بالإساءة يعود وبالا عليهم، حتى كأنك في إحسانك إليهم مع إساءتهم أطعمتهم النار. كذا في «المرقاة».
Sa’id ibn Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The right of the elder brother over the younger is like the father’s over his child.”
Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “it is as if you feed them…”: At-Tawrabushti said: Your goodness to them, when they repay with evil, rebounds harmfully on them, as if your goodness is feeding them fire. [As stated in Al-Mirqat]
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(۱) قوله : فكأنها تسفهم : قال التور بشتي : أي إحسانك إليهم إذا كانوا يقابلونه بالإساءة يعود وبالا عليهم، حتى كأنك في إحسانك إليهم مع إساءتهم أطعمتهم النار. كذا في «المرقاة».