203 — Alī ibn al-Ja‘d and others narrated to us, from Sufyān ibn Uyaynah, from al-Zuhrī, from Abū Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf, who said: Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say: ‘Indeed, Allah—Glorious and Exalted—says: “I am Allah, and I am al-Rahmān (the Most Merciful). I created al-rahim (the bond of kinship), deriving its name from My Name. Whoever maintains it, I maintain ties with him; and whoever severs it, I cut him off completely.”’”

204 — Ibn Jamīl narrated to us; he said: Abd Allah ibn al-Mubārak narrated to us; he said: Ma‘mar narrated to us, from Ibn Shihāb, from Abū Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahmān, from Raddād al-Laythī, from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf—may Allah be pleased with him—who related the same from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

205 — Abū Khaythamah narrated to us: Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us; he said: Hishām al-Dastuwā’ī narrated to us, from Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr, from Ibrāhīm ibn Abd Allah ibn Qāriz, whose father told him that he entered upon Abd al-Rahmān ibn Awf—may Allah be pleased with him—to visit him during his illness. Abd al-Rahmān said to him, “A bond of kinship has linked you to me. I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say,” and he then related a similar report.