Jubayr ibn Mut'im said that he heard 'Umar ibn al-Khattab say on the
minbar, "Learn your lineages so that you can maintain ties of kinship. By
Allah, if there are some bad feelings between a man and his brother and he
kn…
Ibn 'Abbas said, "Keep a record of your lines of descent so that you
can maintain ties of kinship. He will not make his relatives distant when
they are close relatives, even if they live far away. He will not consider
th…