"Fear Allāh and maintain your family ties." Narrated by Ibn ʿAsākir (16/74/2) from al-Faḍl ibn Muwafaq, from al-Masʿūdī, from Simāk ibn Ḥarb, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, meaning ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, attributed to the Prophet. I say: This isnād is weak; al-Masʿūdī had become confused. Al-Faḍl was deemed weak by Abū Ḥātim, and thus al-Munāwī decisively declared its isnād weak. However, he strengthened it with some supporting evidence, saying: "Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it with the mentioned wording from Jābir, adding: 'There is no reward faster than maintaining family ties.'" Ibn Jarīr and ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd narrated it from Qatādah, adding: 'It will prolong your life in this world and is better for you in the Hereafter.' Thus, it becomes ḥasan." I say: But in al-Ṭabarānī's isnād, there is Muḥammad ibn Kathīr from Jābir al-Juʿfī. Al-Haythamī (8/149) said: "Both are very weak." As for Ibn Jarīr's narration, which is in his Tafsīr (7/521/8422, 8427), it is with two isnāds from Qatādah, mursal. It is a strong witness for the connected narration of Ibn Masʿūd, and Allāh knows best. The ḥadīth serves as an explanation for the verse in Sūrah al-Nisāʾ: "And fear Allāh, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs" (Sūrah al-Nisāʾ, verse number), because the meaning is: Fear Allāh, through whom you ask one another, and fear severing family ties. This is the meaning chosen by Ibn Jarīr based on the Arabic style, so refer to it.

"Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for it is carried on the clouds. Allāh says: 'By My might and majesty, I will surely support you, even if after a while.'" Narrated by al-Bukhārī in "al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr" (1/1/186) and al-Dūlābī (2/123)