Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When this verse was revealed: (Allah Almighty says:) "And warn your nearest kinsmen", the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood on Mount Abu Qubays and said: O family of Abd Manaf! Indeed, I am a warner. The Quraysh came to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) exhorted them and warned them. They said: You claim that you are a prophet and that revelation comes to you; the wind and the mountains were made subservient to Sayyiduna Sulayman (peace be upon him), the sea was made subservient to Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him), and Sayyiduna Isa (peace be upon him) used to bring the dead to life. So pray to Allah Almighty to move these mountains away for us and make rivers flow for us, so that we may begin farming; we will farm and eat. Or else pray to Allah Almighty to bring our dead back to life for us. Or else pray to Allah Almighty that the rock beneath you turn to gold, so that we may extract gold from it, and then we will have no need of the winter and summer trade caravans, if you claim that you too are (a prophet) like them. Meanwhile, revelation descended upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When that state passed from him, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand of power is my soul, Allah Almighty has granted me what you are asking for; if I wished, it could happen. But my Lord has given me a choice: either that you enter through the door of mercy and the believers among you come to faith, or that Allah Almighty leaves you to what you have chosen for yourselves, in which case you will stray from the door of mercy and the believers among you will not come to faith. So I chose the door of mercy, so that the believers among you may come to faith. And my Lord has informed me that if He grants you these things and then you disbelieve, He will punish you with a punishment with which He will not punish anyone in all the worlds." Then this verse was revealed: "And nothing prevented Us from sending the signs except that the former peoples denied them", until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited three more verses. And this verse was also revealed concerning that: "And if there were a Qur'an by which the mountains were moved, or by which the earth were split apart, or by which the dead were spoken to."
Abu Ya'la recorded it via Abd al-Jabbar bin Umar al-Ayli from Abdullah bin Ata' bin Ibrahim; both have been declared trustworthy, but the majority have declared them both da'if (weak).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب التفسير / 11245
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When this verse was revealed: (Allah Almighty says:) "And warn your nearest kinsmen", the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered Banu Hashim and seated them outside the door, and he gathered the women of his household and seated them inside the house. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to them and said: "O Banu Hashim! Buy yourselves off from Hell, strive generously to free your necks, and ransom yourselves from Allah Almighty, for I possess nothing for you against Allah Almighty." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to the people of his household and said: "O Aishah bint Abi Bakr! O Hafsah bint Umar! O Umm Salamah! O Fatimah bint Muhammad! O Umm al-Zubayr, paternal aunt of the Messenger of Allah! Buy yourselves off from Hell, strive generously to free your necks, and secure yourselves from Allah Almighty, for I possess nothing for you against Allah Almighty, nor can I avail you anything." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) began to weep and said: O my beloved! Will there be such a day when nothing will avail us against Allah Almighty? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes! This will be in three places. Allah Almighty has said: "And We shall set up the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection." At that time I will not be able to avail you anything against Allah Almighty, and I will possess nothing on your behalf against Allah Almighty. The second is at the time of the light: whomever Allah Almighty wills, He will complete his light, and whomever He wills, He will cast his light into darknesses that will cover him; at that time I will possess nothing for you against Allah Almighty, nor will I be able to avail you anything against Allah Almighty. And at the Sirat (bridge): whomever Allah Almighty wills, He will let pass safely, and whomever He wills, He will throw into Hell. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O my beloved! As for the Scales, I know that they will have two pans, and (good and bad deeds) will be placed in them, and one pan will become heavy and the other light; and we also know what the light is and what the darkness is; but what is this bridge? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is a path between Paradise and Hell over which people will pass, and it will be sharp like the edge of a razor. The angels will be standing in rows on its right and its left, and they will seize people with hooks, hooks like the thorns of the plant called sa'dan, and the people will be saying: O our Lord, grant safety! Grant safety! Their hearts will be in a state of terror. So whoever Allah Almighty wills will remain safe, and whoever Allah Almighty wills will fall into it.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Ali bin Yazid al-Alhani, who is matruk (abandoned).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب التفسير / 11246
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