Musnad Ahmad 17780
Amr b. al-As from the Prophet ﷺ
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَالْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شِمَاسَةَ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ
لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ الْوَفَاةُ بَكَى، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ: لِمَ تَبْكِي؟ أَجَزَعًا عَلَى الْمَوْتِ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا وَاللهِ، وَلَكِنْ مِمَّا بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: قَدْ كُنْتَ عَلَى خَيْرٍ، فَجَعَلَ يُذَكِّرُهُ صُحْبَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَفُتُوحَهُ الشَّامَ، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: تَرَكْتَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ شَهَادَةَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَطْبَاقٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا طَبَقٌ إِلَّا قَدْ عَرَفْتُ نَفْسِي فِيهِ: كُنْتُ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ كَافِرًا فَكُنْتُ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَوْ مُتُّ حِينَئِذٍ وَجَبَتْ لِيَ النَّارُ، فَلَمَّا بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كُنْتُ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ حَيَاءً مِنْهُ، فَمَا مَلَأْتُ عَيْنَيَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَا رَاجَعْتُهُ فِيمَا أُرِيدُ، حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِاللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَيَاءً مِنْهُ، فَلَوْ مُتُّ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَالَ النَّاسُ: هَنِيئًا لِعَمْرٍو أَسْلَمَ وَكَانَ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَمَاتَ فَرُجِيَ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ، ثُمَّ تَلَبَّسْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِالسُّلْطَانِ وَأَشْيَاءَ، فَلَا أَدْرِي عَلَيَّ أَمْ لِي، فَإِذَا مُتُّ فَلَا تَبْكِيَنَّ عَلَيَّ وَلَا تُتْبِعْنِي مَادِحًا وَلَا نَارًا، وَشُدُّوا عَلَيَّ إِزَارِي، فَإِنِّي مُخَاصِمٌ، وَسُنُّوا عَلَيَّ التُّرَابَ سَنًّا، فَإِنَّ جَنْبِيَ الْأَيْمَنَ لَيْسَ بِأَحَقَّ بِالتُّرَابِ مِنْ جَنْبِيَ الْأَيْسَرِ، وَلَا تَجْعَلَنَّ فِي قَبْرِي خَشَبَةً وَلَا حَجَرًا، فَإِذَا وَارَيْتُمُونِي فَاقْعُدُوا عِنْدِي قَدْرَ نَحْرِ جَزُورٍ وَتَقْطِيعِهَا، أَسْتَأْنِسُ بِكُمْ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAlī b. Isḥāq
- ʿAbdullāh / Āb.ālmubārak
- Ibn Lahīʿah
- Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Shimāsah
✧ When death approached Amr ibn al-As, he wept. His son, Abdullah, said to him, "Why are you crying? Is it from the fear of death?" He replied, "No, by Allah, but because of what comes after." His son said to him, "You were on the right path," and began to remind him of his companionship with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his conquests in Sham. Amr said, "You have neglected something better than all of that: the testimony that there is no god but Allah. I had gone through three phases in my life, each of which I knew well in myself. I was first a disbeliever, and the most intense enemy of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; had I died then, I would undoubtedly have been in Hell. When I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I was the most bashful of people before him. I could not gaze fully upon him, nor speak frankly with him until he departed to Allah out of shyness. If I had died then, people would have said, 'Congratulations to Amr; he became a Muslim and was on the right path, so he died hoping for Paradise.' After that, I took on positions of power and other experiences, about which I do not know whether they will be for or against me. So, if I die, do not cry for me, do not follow me with praises or fire. Tighten my shroud well, for I will be questioned. Spread soil over me evenly, for my right side does not deserve it more than my left side. Do not place wood or stone in my grave. When you have buried me, sit by me for the time it takes to slaughter and distribute a camel so that I may find solace with you."
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Narrators
- the well-known Companion (al-ṣaḥābī al-mashhūr)d. Muḥammad b. al-Muthannā and others said: 42 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 43 AH. Abū Sulaymān b. Zabr said: 48 AH. Al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said: 51 AH. Ṭalḥah al-Kūfī said: 58 AH. And from Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah: 61 AH, or 62 AH. And it is a clear errorعَمْرُو بْن الْعَاص بْن وَائِل السَّهْمِيّالصحابي المشهورفي حكم العنعنة
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 101 AH, or: after itعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شِمَاسَةَثقةحدثه
- trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), who used to narrate mursal reports (yursil)d. 128 AHيَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍثقة فقيه ، وكان يرسلحدثني
- Truthful (ṣadūq); his memory became confused after his books were burned (khallaṭa baʿda iḥtirāq kutubihi); the narrations of Ibn al-Mubārak and Ibn Wahb from him are more sound than those of others.d. 173 AH, or 174 AH, also said 170 AH, also said 175 AHابْنُ لَهِيعَةَصدوق ، خلط بعد احتراق كتبه ، ورواية ابن المبارك وابن وهب عنه أعدل من غيرهماأخبرنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh) and scholar, generous and a fighter in the way of God, in whom the qualities of goodness were gathered.d. 181 AH, or 182 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ-ثقة ثبت ، فقيه عالم ، جواد مجاهد ، جمعت فيه خصال الخيرأخبرنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 213 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَثقةحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.