What is the point of Ibn 'Abbas's statement: "And I wrote to you asking about the relatives: who are they? We claimed that we are they, but our people refused to accept that from us."?
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The questioner : What is the point of Ibn 'Abbas's statement: Sahih Muslim 1812c?
The Shaykh : The point is that Ibn 'Abbas intended for kinship to be the closest thing, meaning he and his paternal cousins, whereas those people said that kinship extends to the fourth grandfather.
And you have written asking me about the close relatives (of the Holy Prophet) as to who they are. We think that it is we, but our people have denied us this (position and its concomitant privileges).
وكتبت تسألني عن ذوي القربى من هم وإنا زعمنا أنا هم، فأبى قومنا ذلك عليناThe Shaykh : The point is that Ibn 'Abbas intended for kinship to be the closest thing, meaning he and his paternal cousins, whereas those people said that kinship extends to the fourth grandfather.