Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَاوُسًا قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ { قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى } قَالَ فَقَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ قُرْبَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَجِلْتَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَطْنٌ مِنْ بُطُونِ قُرَيْشٍ إِلَّا كَانَ لَهُ فِيهِمْ قَرَابَةٌ فَقَالَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَصِلُوا مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ مِنْ الْقَرَابَةِ.
English Translation
Ibn Abbas was asked about the verse: 'Say: I do not ask you for any reward for it except love for (my) close relatives' (42:23). Sa'id ibn Jubayr said: 'The close relatives of the family of Muhammad.' Ibn Abbas said: 'You have been hasty. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had kinship ties with every clan of Quraysh. So he said: (I only ask) that you uphold the ties of kinship between me and you.'