If the affection for kinship that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, asked of us, meant kinship, the Truth would not have denied it in His saying, “They love those who stray from God and His Messenger, even if they were their kinship.” Then we know that affection for kinship is among the people of faith among them, and they are the closest to God, so it is distinguished. May God’s prayers and peace be upon him from all the other messengers, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, for what God gave to his nation in their affection for kinship. His nation was distinguished from all other nations because of the credit it had in that, because the credit is the increase, and by the increase it was the best nation ever brought forth for the people, the nation of Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, even though every nation enjoins what is right and forbids. And they believe in God, so this nation has been singled out for things that no other nati