Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 5140
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مُرَّةَ، حَدَّثَنَا كُلَيْبُ بْنُ مَنْفَعَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَبَرُّ قَالَ " أُمَّكَ وَأَبَاكَ وَأُخْتَكَ وَأَخَاكَ وَمَوْلاَكَ الَّذِي يَلِي ذَاكَ حَقٌّ وَاجِبٌ وَرَحِمٌ مَوْصُولَةٌ " .
Translation
A man came to the Prophet and asked: Messenger of Allah, to whom should I show the greatest dutifulness? He replied: Your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, and then the patron nearest to you. This is a binding right and a bond of kinship to be maintained.