32. Love of Near Relatives - Surah Shura (42): Verse 23

قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَىٰ

“Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives”

Ibn Abbas narrated, when the above verse of the Holy Quran was revealed, I asked Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), who are your near relatives whose love Allah has made obligatory upon us in this verse. Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) replied, Ali (a.s.) and Janabe Fatima Zahra (s.a.) and their progeny (a.s.). He (s.a.w.a.) repeated ‘their progeny’ three times. ¹

Footnotes

1. Tafsir Furat al-Kufi, Page 389 ↩