It is also narrated in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī from Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him):
When the verse, “And warn your nearest kin” (al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:214), was revealed to him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and proclaimed, “O people of Quraysh—or words to that effect—save yourselves! I can do nothing for you against Allah. O ʿAbbās son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, I can do nothing for you against Allah. O Ṣafiyyah, aunt of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I can do nothing for you against Allah. And O Fāṭimah daughter of Muḥammad, ask me for whatever you wish of my wealth; I can do nothing for you against Allah.” (1)
Abū Hurayrah: The sound opinion is that his name was ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr. He was a Dawsī, one of the outstanding, learned memorizers among the Companions. He transmitted more than five thousand hadiths and died in 57, 58, or 59 AH.
“In it”: i.e., in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī.
“He stood”: meaning he ascended al-Ṣafā.
“Your clan (ʿashīratak)”: a man’s ʿashīrah are his closest paternal relatives, or his tribe.
“The nearest of them”: meaning each successively closer group.
“O assembly (maʿshar)”: al-maʿshar denotes a company of people.
“Or a word”: the word kalimah is in the accusative, joined to the previous expression; the narrator was uncertain and indicated he may have used a similar word.
“Purchase your souls”: that is, rescue them from punishment through monotheism and obedience to Allah, and do not rely on the nobility of lineage.