Sahih al-Bukhari 114

Translation

Ibn ʿAbbas said, "When the ailment of the Prophet ﷺ became worse, he said, 'Bring for me (writing) paper and I will write for you a statement after which you will not go astray.' But ʿUmar said, 'The Prophet is seriously ill, and we have got Allah's Book with us and that is sufficient for us.' But the companions of the Prophet ﷺ differed about this and there was a hue and cry. On that the Prophet ﷺ said to them, 'Go away (and leave me alone). It is not right that you should quarrel in front of me." Ibn ʿAbbas came out saying, "It was most unfortunate (a great disaster) that Messenger of Allah ﷺ was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise. (Note: It is apparent from this Hadith that Ibn ʿAbbas had witnessed the event and came out saying this statement. The truth is not so, for Ibn ʿAbbas used to say this statement on narrating the Hadith and he had not witnessed the event personally. See Fath Al-Bari Vol. 1, p.220 footnote.) (See Hadith No. 228, Vol. 4).

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 1637cMusnad Ahmad 14726Musnad Ahmad 2990Musnad Ahmad 3111Sahih Ibn Hibban 6597al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 10991

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

   One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), firmly reliable (thabt)d. al-Bukhārī said: died before ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn, 94 AH or 95 AH, and Ibn Numayr said, and others: died 98 AH, Ibn al-Madīnī said: 99 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said: that ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn died 92 AH
   عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة فقيه ثبت
   عن
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   ابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
4. 4
   Yūnus

   Trustworthy (thiqah), except that in his narration from al-Zuhrī there are slight errors (awhām), and in his narration from others there is error (khaṭaʾ)d. Ibn Saʿd said: 152 AH, al-Bukhārī and others: 159 AH (and it is the correct view), Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz said: 160 AH
   يُونُسُثقة ، إلا أن في روايته عن الزهري وهما قليلا ، وفي غير الزهري خطأ
   أخبرني
5. 5
   ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb al-Miṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AH
   ابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابد
   حدثني
6. 6
   Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. 237 AH, or 238 AH, also said: 239 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَصدوق يخطئ
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.