مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Az-Zubair ibn al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him)
Warning from Allah for joining and severing kinship
Hadith 65
65 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، ثنا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ: اشْتَكَي أَبُو الرَّدَّادِ فَعَادَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو الرَّدَّادِ: إِنَّ أَخْيَرَهُمْ وَأَوْصَلَهُمْ مَا عَلِمْتُ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَنَا اللَّهُ وَأَنَا الرَّحْمَنُ، خَلَقْتُ الرَّحِمَ وَاشْتَقَقْتُ لَهَا اسْمًا مِنِ اسْمِي فَمَنْ وَصَلَهَا وَصَلْتُهُ، وَمَنْ قَطَعَهَا بَتَتُّهُ»
Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman narrates: Abu Darda became ill, so Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) came to visit him. Abu Darda said: To my knowledge, among the people, the best and the one who takes the greatest care of the rights of kinship is Abu Muhammad. So Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “Allah the Exalted says: I am Allah, I am the Most Merciful (Rahman), I created the womb (rahm, kinship) and I named it after My name. So whoever maintains it, I will maintain ties with him, and whoever cuts it off, I will cut him off completely.”
