I'm just catching up with this week's

, and Shaykh Saeed reminded us of the hadith that this Surah gave the Prophet SAWS more white hairs than any other surah!

These two ayah, to me, are a reminder that biological

is not the same as family in the deen. That has been my personal experience as well especially since I am a revert.

I can only imagine how the Prophet SAWS must have taken this message, especially if Abu Talib, who never took his shahada, was still alive. This is a

surah, and I do have to wonder if it was revealed before the death of his beloved uncle. And even for those members of his family who had taken the shahada, there has never been any gua