WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.839 The Garden of Guidance. 00:00:04.839 --> 00:00:08.029 Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, said: 00:00:08.029 --> 00:00:29.429 “They said: O Shu'eyb! We understand not much of that thou tellest, and lo! we do behold thee weak among us. But for thy family, we should have stoned thee, for thou art not strong against us.” (11:91) 00:00:29.429 --> 00:00:32.429 And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 00:00:32.429 --> 00:00:37.460 When the verse was revealed: "And warn your closest kin," 00:00:37.460 --> 00:00:42.530 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) summoned Quraysh, 00:00:42.530 --> 00:00:44.530 and they assembled, 00:00:44.530 --> 00:00:46.530 so he addressed them generally and specifically, 00:00:46.530 --> 00:00:48.530 saying: 00:00:48.530 --> 00:00:50.530 "O children of Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy! 00:00:50.530 --> 00:00:53.530 O children of Murrah ibn Ka'b! 00:00:53.530 --> 00:00:56.530 O children of 'Abd Shams! 00:00:56.530 --> 00:00:58.530 O children of 'Abd Manaf! 00:00:58.530 --> 00:01:01.530 O children of Hashim! 00:01:01.530 --> 00:01:04.530 O children of 'Abd al-Muttalib! 00:01:04.530 --> 00:01:08.530 Save yourselves from the Fire! 00:01:08.530 --> 00:01:10.819 And O Fatimah! 00:01:10.819 --> 00:01:13.819 Save yourself from the Fire! 00:01:13.819 --> 00:01:18.879 For I possess no power to protect you from Allah in any way, 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:24.980 except that you have kinship ties which I will uphold with the care due to them." 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:27.359 Narrated by al-Nasa'i. 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:30.260 A Point of Benefit: 00:01:30.260 --> 00:01:32.260 Ibn al-Tin said: 00:01:32.260 --> 00:01:34.260 "Maintaining the ties of kinship 00:01:34.260 --> 00:01:37.260 becomes a means of being granted success in obedience 00:01:37.260 --> 00:01:39.260 and preservation from sin, 00:01:39.260 --> 00:01:42.260 so one's honorable remembrance endures, 00:01:42.260 --> 00:01:44.260 as though one has never died."