Hadith of the warning

The hadith of the warning (Arabic: يوم الإنذار, romanized: yawm al-inzar), also known as the invitation of the relatives (Arabic: دعوة ذو العشیرة, romanized: da'wat dhul-ashira),[1] is an Islamic tradition (hadith) that describes how the Islamic prophet Muhammad made his prophetic mission public.

In the other version, found in Shia and some Sunni sources, Muhammad invites his close relatives to Islam after a meal and seeks their assistance and deputyship.

[8] According to the first version, Muhammad addressed his clan with a warning that likened the Judgement Day to an approaching enemy,[9] as reported in Sahih Muslim, a canonical Sunni compilation of hadiths.

[11] In this first version, Abu Lahab responded to Muhammad with abusive comments, as transmitted by the early exegete Ibn Abbas, retorting, "Damn you, is this what you called us for?

[15] Yet merit is also a Quranic criterion for membership in a prophet's household (ahl al-bayt), argues the philosopher Oliver Leaman.

[16] For instance, Madelung and Rainer Brunner, another Islamicist, both observe that renegade members of the families of the past prophets are not excluded from God's punishment in the Quran.

[21] Muhammad's response to Ali in this particular tradition is also not included in Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal, a Sunni collection of hadiths.

[21] For instance, the Sunni historian Ibn Sa'd (d. 845) narrates that Muhammad fed his guests with a single plate of food, which Abu Lahab dismissed as a sorcery.

[21] At any rate, the linguist Richard F. Burton (d. 1890) comments that this banquet "won for [Muhammad] a proselyte worth a thousand sabers in the person of Ali, son of Abu Talib.