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adab:41

Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The strongest form of dutifulness is when a man maintains relations with the people his father loved."  

الأدب المفرد:٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُثْمَانَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَبَرَّ الْبِرِّ أَنْ يَصِلَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَ وُدِّ أَبِيهِ  

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muslim:2552bAbū al-Ṭāhir > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Ibn al-Hād > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

The finest act of goodness is that a person should treat kindly the loved ones of his father.  

مسلم:٢٥٥٢bحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَبَرُّ الْبِرِّ أَنْ يَصِلَ الرَّجُلُ وُدَّ أَبِيهِ  

abudawud:5143Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Abū al-Naḍr > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Usāmah b. al-Hād > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

One of the finest acts of kindness is for a man to treat his father’s friends in a kindly way after he has departed.  

أبو داود:٥١٤٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَبَرَّ الْبِرِّ صِلَةُ الْمَرْءِ أَهْلَ وُدِّ أَبِيهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ  

tirmidhi:1903Aḥmad b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > al-Walīd b. Abū al-Walīd > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

the Prophet said: "Among the most dutiful of deeds is that a man nurture relations with the people his father was friends with."  

الترمذي:١٩٠٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ أَخْبَرَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَبَرَّ الْبِرِّ أَنْ يَصِلَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَ وُدِّ أَبِيهِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي أَسِيدٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ