Surah 9:24
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ ءَابَآءَكُمۡ وَإِخۡوَٰنَكُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ إِنِ ٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ عَلَى ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمۡ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
You who believe! Do not take your fathers and your brothers as allies, if they prefer disbelief over belief. Whoever among you takes them as allies, those – they are the evildoers.
قُلۡ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ وَأَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡ وَإِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمۡ وَأَمۡوَٰلٌ ٱقۡتَرَفۡتُمُوهَا وَتِجَٰرَةٞ تَخۡشَوۡنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَٰكِنُ تَرۡضَوۡنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٖ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ
Say: ‘If your fathers, and your sons, and your brothers, and your wives, and your clan, and wealth you have acquired, and (business) transaction(s) you fear (may) fall off, and dwellings you take pleasure in are dearer to you than God and His messenger, and struggling in His way, then wait until God brings His command. God does not guide the people who are wicked.’
Allah commands shunning the disbelievers, even if they are one’s parents or children, and prohibits taking them as supporters if they choose disbelief instead of faith. Allah warns,
You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred (people) . For such He has written (predetermined) faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a Ruh (proof, light and true guidance) from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens (Paradise) under which rivers flow) (58:22]
Al-Hafiz Al-Bayhaqi recorded that ‘Abdullah bin Shawdhab said, “The father of Abu ‘Ubaydah bin Al-Jarrah was repeatedly praising the idols to his son on the day of Badr, and Abu ‘Ubaydah kept avoiding him. When Al-Jarrah persisted, his son Abu ‘Ubaydah headed towards him and killed him. Allah revealed this Ayah in his case,
You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger. ')[ 58-.22]
Allah commanded His Messenger to warn those who prefer their family, relatives or tribe to Allah, His Messenger and Jihad in His cause.
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for what will befall you of Allah’s punishment and torment.
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Imam Ahmad recorded that Zuhrah bin MaTaad said that his grandfather said, “We were with the Messenger of Allah while he was holding the hand of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab. “Umar said, *By Allah! You, O Messenger of Allah, are dearer to me than everything, except for myself.’ The Messenger of Allah said,
“None among you will attain faith until I become dearer to him than even himself .«
‘Umar said, Verily, now, you are dearer to me than myself, by Allah!’ The Messenger of Allah said,
‘«Now, O ‘ Umar /b”
Al-Bukhari also collected this Hadith. Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud (this is the version of Abu Dawud) recorded that Ibn ‘Umar said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah saying,
«If you transact in 'Iynah (a type of Riba) , follrnv the tails of cows (tilling the land), become content with agriculture and abandoned Jihad, Allah will send on you disgrace that He will not remove until, you return to your religion . »”
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 4, Page 394-396)