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 الْمَعْنَى 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
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2024
It was narrated that Tawoos said: A man came to Ibn ' Abbas and asked him - Sulaiman bin Dawood said: Shu'bah told us: 'Abdul-Malik told us: I heard Tawoos say: A man asked Ibn 'Abbas about the meaning of the verse in which Allah says: "Say (O Muhammad (PBUH)): 'No reward do I ask of you for this except to be kind to me for my kinship with you'" [ash-Shoora 42:23]. Sa'eed bin jubair said: [It refers to] the relatives of Muhammad (PBUH). Ibn 'Abbas said: You have been too hasty (to understand the meaning). There was no clan of Quraish but the Messenger of Allah (^) had ties of kinship with them. Then this verse was revealed: "Say (O Muhammad (PBUH)): 'No reward do I ask of you for this except to be kind to me for my kinship with you'" [ash-Shoora 42:23], [meaning], will you not uphold ties of kinship between me and you?
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020