Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 61

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Musa ibn Isma‘il narrated to us, saying: al-Khazraj ibn ‘Uthman Abu al-Khattab al-Sa‘di narrated to us, saying: Abu Ayyub Sulayman, the freedman of ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan, informed us: Abu Hurayrah came to us on Thursday evening, the night of Friday, and said, “I adjure every person who severs kinship ties to leave our gathering.” No one got up, even after he had said it three times. Then a young man went to a paternal aunt of his, from whom he had been estranged for two years, and entered her house. She said to him, “Nephew, what brings you here?” He said, “I heard Abu Hurayrah say such-and-such.” She said, “Go back to him and ask him why he said that.” He said: I heard the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: “The deeds of the children of Adam are presented to Allah, Blessed and Exalted, every Thursday evening, the night of Friday, and He does not accept the deed of one who severs kinship ties.”