Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When this verse was revealed: "And warn your close relatives," the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stood up and said: O Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad (peace be upon him), O Safiyyah, daughter of Abdul Muttalib, O children of Abdul Muttalib! I do not possess anything for you against Allah, but you may ask me for whatever you want from my wealth.

Saeed bin Musayyib and Abu Salamah have narrated this. Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: When this verse was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "And warn your closest relatives," the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Quraysh, save your souls from Allah; I cannot avail you against Allah in any way. O Banu Abd al-Muttalib, I cannot avail you against Allah in any way. O Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib, I cannot avail you against Allah in any way. O Safiyyah, the aunt of Allah’s Messenger, I cannot avail you against Allah in any way. O Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad! Ask me for whatever you wish of my wealth, but I cannot avail you against Allah in any way.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When this verse was revealed: "And warn your close relatives," in the recitation of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) these words are also present: "And among them, warn your sincere group." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came out. He came to the hill of Safa. He climbed up and then called out, "Danger!" People gathered around him. Some came themselves, some sent their messengers. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: O Banu Abdul Muttalib! O Banu Fihr! O Banu Abd Manaf! O Banu (so-and-so)! O Banu (so-and-so)! What do you think, if I inform you that on the other side of this mountain there is an army that wants to attack you, will you believe me? They replied: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Then I am warning you of a severe punishment before it comes. Upon this, Abu Lahab said: May you perish forever! Did you call us only for this? Then he stood up (and left). And regarding this, the verse was revealed: "May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined." So he was ruined. However, the other people said: We have never experienced a lie from you.

Sayyiduna Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When this verse was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "And warn your closest relatives," the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) placed his two fingers in his ears and called out in a loud voice: "O Banu Abd Manaf." After that, the narrator narrated the hadith as previously mentioned.

Abdur Rahman bin Jubair narrates from his father: One day we were sitting with Sayyiduna Miqdad bin Aswad. A man passed by them and said: Blessed are those two eyes that saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). By Allah! We wish that we had also seen those whom you saw, and that we had been with those with whom you were. At this, he became angry. I was very surprised at this because the man had said something good. Sayyiduna Miqdad bin Aswad turned towards the man and said: What compels a person to wish for a situation which Allah Almighty has kept hidden from him? This person does not know what his condition would have been if he had been present with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). By Allah! Some people were with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), but Allah Almighty will throw them into Hell on their nostrils. These are the people who did not accept the invitation of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), nor did they affirm him. Do you not praise Allah Almighty for the fact that when He created you, you recognized your Lord? You affirm what your Prophet brought, and other people besides you were put to trial. By Allah! When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was sent, no prophet was sent in such a severe situation as he was. There had been a gap between the coming of the prophets. It was the time of ignorance; people thought that there was no better religion than worshipping idols. Then came the differentiating (Book or Islam) which distinguished between truth and falsehood. It separated a father from his children, to the extent that a person considered his child or his father or his brother to be a disbeliever, but Allah Almighty had opened his heart to faith. He knew that if his close relative perished, he would go to Hell. His eyes did not find comfort in this, even though he knew that his beloved would go to Hell. This is the thing about which Allah Almighty has said: "Those who say, 'Our Lord, grant us comfort in our wives and our offspring.'"

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) sent letters to Kisra, Caesar, and the ruler of Duma, Ukaydir. He invited them to come towards Allah Almighty.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote letters to Kisra, Caesar, and the ruler of Duma, Ukaydir. He invited them to come towards Allah Almighty.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan bin Harb himself told me this incident. He says, during the period when there was a peace treaty between us and the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), I went to Syria. While I was in Syria, a letter from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) arrived for Heraclius (the ruler there). Dihyah Kalbi brought that letter. He handed the letter over to the governor of Busra. The governor of Busra sent the letter to Heraclius. Heraclius inquired: Is there anyone here from the people of this man who claims to be a prophet? The people replied: Yes. (Abu Sufyan says:) So I was summoned along with some individuals from the Quraysh. When we came to Heraclius, he seated us before him. He asked: Who among you is the closest in lineage to this man who claims to be a prophet? Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan says: I replied, I am. So he seated me in front of him and my companions behind me. Then he called his interpreter and said: Tell them that I am going to ask this man about the one who claims to be a prophet. If he lies to me, you all should declare him a liar. Abu Sufyan says: By Allah! If I had not feared that any of my statements could be refuted, I would have lied there. Then Caesar said to his interpreter: Ask this man about the lineage of this person among you. Abu Sufyan says: I replied, He is considered of noble lineage among us. Caesar asked: Was there any king among his ancestors? I replied: No. He asked: Before he claimed this, did you ever accuse him of lying? I replied: No. He asked: Who are his followers? Are they the noble or the weak? I replied: Rather, the weak. He asked: Is their number increasing or decreasing? I said: They are increasing. He asked: Has anyone among them, after accepting his religion, become displeased and left his religion? Abu Sufyan says: I replied: No. Caesar asked: Have you fought any battles with him? I replied: Yes. He asked: What was the outcome of your battles with him? I said: The battle between us and them has been equal. They have suffered losses from our side, and we have suffered losses from their side. Caesar asked: Has he ever broken a treaty? I replied: No. There is a treaty between us and them for a fixed period. We do not know what they will do in the future regarding this. (Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan says:) Only this statement I was able to add as a falsehood. Caesar asked: Has anyone before him ever claimed such a thing? I replied: No.

Then Caesar said to his interpreter: Tell him, I asked you about his lineage among you, and you stated that he is considered of noble lineage among you. Such are the messengers; they are sent among the noble of their people. I asked you whether there was any king among his ancestors, and you replied: No. So I thought, if there had been a king among his ancestors, I could have said that this man is seeking the kingdom of his ancestors. Then I asked you about his followers: Are they the weak or the noble? You said: They are the weak. Such are the followers of the messengers. I asked you, before he claimed this, did you ever accuse him of lying? You replied: No. From this, I realized that a person who does not lie to people, how could he lie about Allah? Then I asked you, has anyone, after accepting his religion, become displeased and left his religion? You replied: No. Faith is like this; when its delight enters the heart (or its delight settles in the heart). I asked you, is their number increasing or decreasing? You replied: Increasing. Faith is like this until it is complete. I asked you, have you fought any battles with him? You replied: The outcome of the battle between you and them has been equal. You suffered losses from their side, and they suffered losses from your side. Messengers are tested in this way, but in the end, the outcome is in their favor. I asked you, has he ever broken a treaty? You replied: No. Such are the prophets; they do not break treaties. I asked you, has anyone before him ever claimed such a thing? You replied: No. I thought, if someone before him had claimed this, I could have said that this man is following someone else's statement. Then Caesar asked: What does he command you? I replied: He commands us to pray, to give zakat, to maintain ties of kinship, and to be chaste.

Caesar said: If what you have said about him is true, then he is indeed a prophet. I knew that he was about to appear, but I did not think that he would appear among you. If I knew that I could reach him, I would love to meet him, and if I were with him, I would wash his feet, because soon his kingdom will reach under these feet of mine. Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Then he called for the letter of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and read it. It was written in it:

"In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Allah's Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) to Heraclius, the ruler of Rome. Peace be upon him who follows guidance. To proceed: I invite you to Islam. Accept Islam, you will be safe. Accept Islam, Allah will grant you a double reward. But if you turn away, then the sin of the Arisiyun will be upon you. (The command of Allah is:) 'O People of the Book! Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah.' Up to the verse: 'Bear witness that we are Muslims.'"

When Caesar finished reading the letter, voices were raised around him and there was an uproar. By his order, we were expelled from there. When we came out, I said to my companions: The matter of Ibn Abu Kabsha (i.e., the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) has become so great that even the ruler of Banu Asfar fears him.

Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan narrates: After that, I became certain regarding the matter of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that Allah would grant him dominance, until Allah blessed me with the wealth of Islam.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote a letter to the Jewish scholar of Tayma and sent him greetings in that letter.

Sayyiduna Yazid bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We were present at the place where dates are dried. There a man came whose hair was disheveled. In his hand was a piece of leather. We said to him: You seem to be a villager. He replied: Yes. We said to him: Hand over to us this piece of leather that is in your hand. We obtained it from him and read the writing in it, and it was written in it: "(This letter is) from Allah's Messenger, Sayyiduna Muhammad, to Banu Zuhair. You people must pay the khums from the spoils of war, and pay the specific and special share of the Prophet (peace be upon him). You will remain in safety according to the protection of Allah and His Messenger." The narrator says: We asked (that villager): Who wrote this letter for you? He replied: Allah's Messenger. We asked: Have you also heard anything from the Prophet (peace be upon him) directly? He replied: Yes, I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: "Fasting in the month of patience (i.e., the month of Ramadan) and fasting three days in every month removes the anger (or malice) from the hearts." We asked this man: Did you yourself hear this from the Prophet (peace be upon him)? He said: I did not expect that you people would accuse me of lying. By Allah! Now I will not narrate any hadith to you. Then that man went away.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) That man was Namir bin Tawlab, who was a poet.