30/6. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3646 — No Family Privilege Before Allah
When One Exhorts His Closest Kinsmen
No Family Privilege Before Allah: The Warning to Quraish and Fatimah
Sunan an-Nasai : 3646
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3646
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ {وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ} قَالَ " يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ اشْتَرُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ لاَ أُغْنِي عَنْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لاَ أُغْنِي عَنْكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا يَا عَبَّاسُ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لاَ أُغْنِي عَنْكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا يَا صَفِيَّةُ عَمَّةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ أُغْنِي عَنْكِ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا يَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَلِينِي مَا شِئْتِ لاَ أُغْنِي عَنْكِ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا ".
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah said, when the Verse: 'And warn your tribe (O Muhammad) of near kindred.' was revealed: 'O Quraish! Buy your souls from your Lord; I cannot avail you anything before Allah. O Banu 'Abdul-Muttalib! I cannot avail you anything before Allah. O 'Abbas bin 'Abdul-Muttalib! I cannot avail you anything before Allah. O Safiyyah, paternal aunt of the Messenger of Allah! I cannot avail you anything before Allah. O Fatimah bint Muhammad! Ask me for whatever you want, I cannot avail you anything before Allah.'
[1] Ash-Shu'ara 26:214.Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3646In-book reference : Book 30, Hadith 36English translation : Vol. 4, Book 30, Hadith 3676
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3646
This narration gives a detailed warning to the Quraish and to members of the Prophet’s own family. After the verse commanding him to warn his near relatives was revealed, he told them to buy their souls from Allah. He said that he could not avail them anything before Allah. He named Banu Abdul-Muttalib, Abbas, Safiyyah, and Fatimah. To Fatimah, he said she could ask him for whatever she wanted, but he still could not avail her before Allah. The hadith separates worldly help from final accountability. A close relative may receive material help, but that relationship does not remove personal responsibility before Allah. This hadith about warning relatives also shows that the message was delivered without favoritism, even to the people closest to him.
What we learn from this hadith
- Personal accountability before Allah applies even to the Prophet’s closest relatives.
- Worldly help from family is different from rescue before Allah.
- Religious warnings should be given fairly, without hiding them from loved ones.
- Do not rely only on lineage or family honor.
