Ibn 'Umar said, "Nothing that a man spends on himself and his family,
anticipating a reward from Allah, will fail to be rewarded by Allah Almighty.
He should begin with those whose support is his responsibility. If there
is something left over, he should spend it on his next nearest relative and
then the next nearest. If there is still something left over, he can give
it away."
Abu Ayyub Sulayman, the mawla of 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, said, "Abu Hurayra
came to us on a Thursday evening, the night before Jumu'a. He said, 'Every
individual who severs ties of kinship is constricted when he leaves us. No
one left until he had said that three times. Then a young man went to one
of his paternal aunts with whom he had severed ties two years previously.
He went to her and she asked him, 'Nephew! What has brought you?' He replied,
'I heard Abu Hurayra say such-and-such.' She said, 'Go back to him and ask
him why he said that.' Abu Hurayra said, 'I heard the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, say, "The actions of the children of Adam
are presented before Allah Almighty on Thursday evening, the night before
Jumu'a. He does not accept the actions of someone who has severed ties of
kinship."'"
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ أَبُو إِدَامٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى يَقُولُ: عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: إِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ لاَ تَنْزِلُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ قَاطِعُ رَحِمٍ.
'Abdullah ibn 'Awfa reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Mercy does not descend on a people when there is
someone among them who severs ties of kinship."
It is reported that al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib heard the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "Allah enjoins you to be dutiful
to your mothers. Then He enjoins you to be dutiful to your mothers. Then
He enjoins you to be dutiful to your fathers. Then He enjoins you to be dutiful
to your next closest relative and then to your next closest relative."
