Hadith No: 1
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
And from the Musnad of the Banu Hashim - Musnad Abdullah ibn Abbas - Beginning of the Musnad of Abdullah ibn Abbas (r)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (229)
2025 - Yahya narrated to us, from Shu'bah, who said: Abdul Malik ibn Maysarah narrated to me, from Tawus, who said: A man came to Ibn Abbas and asked him, and Suleiman ibn Dawud was with him. Shu'bah informed us, Abdul Malik told me, saying: I heard Tawus say: A man asked Ibn Abbas the meaning of His statement, the Exalted, about what is said in Surah Ash-Shura (42:23): {Say, "I do not ask of you any reward for it except for love of [my]近亲":{"s":true}|close relatives"}. Sa'id ibn Jubayr said: Relatives of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). Ibn Abbas said: You are hastening, for the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) did not belong to any tribe of the Quraysh except that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) had relatives among them, and this was revealed: {Say, "I do not ask of you any reward for it except for love of [my] close relatives"} (Surah Ash-Shura 42:23), unless you connect it to the relations between us.

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Book 1

Hadith No: 2
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
And from the Musnad of the Banu Hashim - Musnad Abdullah ibn Abbas - Beginning of the Musnad of Abdullah ibn Abbas (r)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (287)
2594 - Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abd al-Malik ibn Maysarah, who said: I heard Tawus, say: Ibn Abbas was asked about this verse: {Say, "I do not ask of you any reward for it except for the love in kinship" (Surah Ash-Shura 42:23)} He replied, and Sa'id ibn Jubayr said, "The closeness of the family of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)." Ibn Abbas then said: You are hastening,! that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) did not belong to any clan of the Quraysh except that he had relatives among them. He said, "But to maintain the ties of kinship between me and you."

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Book 1

Hadith No: 3
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Fada'il al-Sahaba - On the Virtues of Ali (peace be upon him)
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (669)
1141 - And in what Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Sulayman al-Hadhrami wrote to us, mentioning that Harb ibn al-Hasan al-Tahhan narrated to them, he said: Hussain al-Ashqar narrated to us from Qais from al-A'mash from Sa'id ibn Jubayr from Ibn Abbas, who said: When the verse {Say, "I do not ask of you any reward for it except due love for my relatives"} (Surah Ash-Shura 42:23) was revealed, they said, "O Messenger of Allah, who are these relatives of ours whose love has become obligatory upon us?" He replied, "Ali and Fatimah and their two sons (peace be upon them)."

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Reference: Fazael al-Sahabah Book 2

Hadith No: 4

Narrated Tawus:

Ibn 'Abbas was asked about this Ayah: Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this except to be kind for my kinship with you (42:23)." So Sa'eed bin Jubair said: 'To be kind to the family of Muhammad.' Ibn 'Abbas replied: 'You know that there was no family of the Quraish except that the Messenger of Allah (S) had some relatives among them.' He said: 'Except that you should uphold ties of kinship that exist between me and you.'"

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Reference: Sunan al-Tirmidhi Book 47 Tradition No. 3560