Musnad Ahmad 3856

Translation

✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, Allah has killed Abu Jahl." He said: "Praise be to Allah who aided His servant and honored His religion." And he said once—meaning Umayyah—"He made true His servant and honored His religion."

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• ابن الملقن

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  in مسند أحمد, p. 3914

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

   One of the earliest and foremost (al-sābiqūn al-awwalūn), and one of the leading scholars among the Companions; his virtues are manyd. 28 AH, or 32 AH, 33 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍمن السابقين الأولين ، ومن كبار العلماء من الصحابة ، مناقبه جمة
   عن
2. 2
   Abū ʿUbaydah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 81 AH, also said: 82 AH, and al-Dhahabī was certain of it
   أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AH
   أَبِي ج٢ / ص٨٩٩إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخره
   عن
4. 4
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقن
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Umayyah b. Khālid

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 200 AH, or 201 AH, or 202 AH
   أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍصدوق
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   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 view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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